Probably medieval churchyard at Church of St Leonard, Southminster (EHER 81777)

The churchyard at St Leonard's Church (EHER 38670) probably has its origins in the medieval period (or earlier, see EHER 19417). The churchyard is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map as enclosing a roughly square area, and the boundary can be seen to have been extended on narrow parcels of land to the South and East by the time of the 3rd edition and in modern aerial imagery.

The churchyard is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, where it encloses a roughly square area of around 0.4 sq. km, though it probably has its origins in the medieval period (or earlier, see EHER 19417) with the church (EHER 38670). By the 3rd edition, it can be seen to have extended some 60m to the South on a parcel of land which runs behind Nos 2-5 Burnham Road, which was land formerly owned by the adjacent school. Google earth aerial imagery shows the present graveyard has also been extended East on a parcel of land behind Nos 1-9 Station Road. This appears to have taken place at sometime before 2000. <1> <2> <3>