[1] A 1620s scheme by Vermuyden for drainage of the Isle of Axholme and Hatfield Chase had two phases: The village lies within the civil parish of Keadby with Althorpe which includes the hamlet of Derrythorpe to the south.

To the south of the village is the large civil parish of Belton, North Lincolnshire, and next to the River Trent is part of West Butterwick.

During a restoration in 1868 sedilia (stone seats) were found to have been erected on a marble slab dedicated to 14th-century rector William de Lound.

Althorpe and Keadby Primary School (opened in 1975), and the Post Office,[8] are in the newer part near the bridge over the River Trent.

Althorpe railway station, which lies to the north of the village on the South Humberside Main Line, is closer to Keadby.