Atterton
| Atterton | |
|---|---|
 Sign on entering the hamlet suggests local ducks know their limits precisely - February 2008: Look west Atterton Road | |
  Atterton Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | c.40 |
| OS grid reference | SP3598 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ATHERSTONE |
| Postcode district | CV9 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
Atterton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherley, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.[1] It has a population of approximately 40 people. In 1931 the parish had a population of 43.[2]
History
[edit]The hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement of Athelred or Eadred'.[3]
Atterton became a parish in 1866, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Witherley.[4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atterton.
- ^ OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46404 0
- ^ "Population statistics Atterton Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Atterton Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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