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Althorne Excursions in the County of Essex by Thomas Kitson Cromwell 1818 Althorn is about eight miles from Maldon. From the church-steeple here is a very good prospect intothe Swin, as also of Tiptree heath, Danbury, Langdon Hills, part of Kent, and all Rochford hundred. Al- thorn Hall is a little way south of the church; and the house called Althorn Barns is a little to the west. A new and comprehensive gazeeter of England and Wales 1836 ALTHORNE, a
parish in the hundred of Dengey, county of Essex. The living is a
discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £14, and in the
parliamentary returns at £134; with an endowment of £200 royal bounty,
and £200 private benefaction. The church is dedicated to St Andrew, and the patron,
in 1829, was J. Robinson, Esq. The estuary of the river Crouch is in
this parish, and in order to protect the low lands from inundation,
there are extensive embankments that were constructed by
labourers from Holland, whose families still remain here. Distance from
Burnham 4 m. N. W. Population, in 1801, 286; and in 1831, 352. Assessed
property, £3,580.
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