The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
ALTHORNE, a parish in Maldon distrct, Essex; near the river Crouch, 7 miles SE of Maldon r. station. It has a post-office under Maldon. Acres, 2,250. real property, £2,697. Pop., 386. Houses, 79. The property is sub-divided. Much of the land lies lower than the spring-tide mark, and is protected by embankments constructed by Dutchmen, whose descendants remain here. The living is a vicarage, united to the rectory of Cricksea, in the diocese of Rochester. The church is good. A fair is held on 5 June.
The War Memorial:
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Top They were a wall unto us both by day and night
Bottom Honour therefore those who died unto this end
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E J W Aldous J H Bourne P G Burge L O Burge C L Chapman J R Clarke J Cole C E Halls W Harvey |
W Low F Monk W Scrivener C O Spencer-Smith M Spencer-Smith J Taylor H Taylor J E Twin E Whiting |
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1939 – 1945
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G F Gosling |
F C A Sawyer |
Transcribed by Noel Clark
