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{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{More citations needed|date= May 2010}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Althorne
|static_image_name= Althorne sign sm.jpg
|static_image_caption= Althorne [[Village Sign]]
|coordinates = {{coord|51.6546|0.7634|display=inline,title}}
|population= 1159
|population_ref=(2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119965&c=CM3+6BP&d=16&e=62&g=6425327&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1442848292663&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=21 September 2015}}</ref>
|civil_parish= Althorne
|shire_district= [[Maldon (district)|Maldon]]
| shire_county = [[Essex]]
|region= East of England
|post_town= CHELMSFORD
|postcode_district= CM3
|postcode_area=CM
|dial_code= 01621
|os_grid_reference= TQ912987
|constituency_westminster= [[Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)|Maldon]]
}}
'''Althorne''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Essex]], England. It is located {{convert|21|km|mi|abbr=on}} east-southeast from the county town and city of [[Chelmsford]]. The village is in the district of [[Maldon (district)|Maldon district]] and in the parliamentary constituency of [[Maldon and East Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Maldon & East Chelmsford]]. The village has its own [[Parish councils in England|Parish Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maldon.gov.uk/LocalDemocracy/ParishCouncils/clerks.htm |title=Parish Council Contacts |accessdate=2007-01-23 |work=maldon.gov.uk |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928221056/http://www.maldon.gov.uk/LocalDemocracy/ParishCouncils/clerks.htm |archivedate=28 September 2007 }}</ref>
The civil parish has a population of 1,159.
Althorne is on the [[Dengie peninsula]], about 5&nbsp;km (3 miles) north-west of [[Burnham-on-Crouch]]. It is approximately {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-west from the centre of [[Bridgemarsh Island]] in the [[River Crouch]].
The village of Althorne is connected to [[London]], by the [[Crouch Valley Line|Southminster Branch Line]], operated by [[Abellio Greater Anglia]], which links [[Wickford]] to London [[Liverpool Street Station]]. The railway station is [[Althorne railway station]], though the station itself is cut adrift from the main village, only accessible from a long and steep track leading up to the edge of Althorne. There are no [[Great Britain road numbering scheme|A road]]s close to the village – the main roads being the B1010 to Burnham and the B1018 road from Maldon to nearby Southminster.
== Transport ==
Transport in Althorne includes a train station run by Abellio Greater Anglia and a bus service that stops nearby, the 331/32 to Chelmsford.
==Governance==
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 4,128.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/althorne-e05004190#sthash.m0i2Ff9H.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=21 September 2015}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The name Althorne has an unusual meaning in Old English, translating as '(place at) the burnt thorn-tree'. The name is composed of the words ''æled'' ('burnt') and ''thorn'' ('thorn-tree'). The earliest known recording of the village was in 1198 as ''Aledhorn''.
==Notable people==
* [[Phillip Scott Burge]] moved to Althorne just before World War 1. He became one of the top British fighter aces, with 11 enemy kills between March and July 1918. He was killed when he was shot down over [[Seclin]], France on 24 July 1918.<ref>{{cite book |first=Norman |last=Franks |author-link=Norman Franks |title=SE 5/5a Aces of World War I: Volume 78 of Aircraft of the Aces |location=London, UK |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84603-180-9 }}</ref>
* [[Mark Lubbock]] (1898–1986), British conductor and composer of operetta and light music, lived with his wife, the writer Bea Howe (1898–1992), at The Old Forge, Althorne, for many years from the 1940s onward.<ref name=who5>''Who's Who in Music'', 5th edition (1969)</ref>
* [[John McVicar]] (1940–2022) convicted armed robber and journalist, was living in a caravan in Althorne at the time of his death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John McVicar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/26/john-mcvicar-obituary |website=The Guardian|date=26 September 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Hilda Ormsby]] (1877–1943), British academic and geographer, died in Althorne.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Ormsby [née Rodwell Jones], Hilda (1877–1973), geographer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-62412|access-date=2020-11-23|year = 2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/62412}}</ref>
* [[Harrison Scott]] (born 1996), British racing driver, was born in Althorne.<ref>[https://harrisonscottracing.co.uk/scott-takes-pro-mazda-win-in-alabama/ Harrison Scott website]</ref>
==Bridgemarsh Marina==
[[File:Althorne.jpg|thumb|right|Bridgemarsh Marina]]
The Marina is approximately one to two miles from the village and close to [[Althorne railway station|Althorne Railway Station]]. It is reached by Bridgemarsh Lane, an unserviced road. The Marina is situated on Althorne Creek. On the south side of the creek is [[Bridgemarsh Island]].
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Althorne}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829151832/http://www.althorne.org/ Althorne]
* [http://www.dengie.org.uk Information and photographs of Althorne village]
*[http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/history.htm The history of Althorne ]
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[[Category:Villages in Essex]]
[[Category:Maldon District]]