Atterton

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Atterton
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Sign on entering the hamlet suggests local ducks know their limits precisely - February 2008: Look west Atterton Road
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Atterton
Location within Leicestershire
Populationc.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
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England
Leicestershire
52°34′N1°29′W / 52.57°N 01.48°W / 52.57; -01.48 Coordinates: 52°34′N1°29′W / 52.57°N 01.48°W / 52.57; -01.48

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

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]

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References

  1. OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : ISBN   0 319 46404 0
  2. "Population statistics Atterton Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. "Relationships and changes Atterton Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.