Southminster

Other current and historical names

Sudmunstra

Built-Up Area: Southminster
Parish/Community: Southminster
District/Borough: Maldon
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 51°39'44"N 0°49'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 595822, 199733
OS Grid: TQ958997
Mapcode Local: GBR RPG.LPQ
Mapcode Global: VHKH3.BHM2

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Southminster within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Southminster in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Southminster, par. and vil., Essex - par., 6316 ac., 460 tidal water and 924 foreshore, pop. 1311; vil., 8 miles SE. of Maldon; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.

Southminster in the Domesday Book

A village in Wibrihtesherne hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fifteen; Bishop of London St Paul
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 14 men (subinfeudated); Bishop of London
- Taxable Value: 48 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £36 in 1066; £24 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 41 smallholders; 13 slaves
- Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs
- Pasture: 1300 sheep
- Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 20 pigs

British Place Names

Southminster, Essex

Southminster is a town in Essex

Southminster in historic gazetteers

Southminster in the Domesday Book