Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | West along Atterton Road - geograph.org.uk - 683319.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Sign on entering the hamlet suggests local ducks know their limits precisely - February 2008: Look west Atterton Road |
Coordinates: | 52.57°N -1.48°W |
Official Name: | Atterton |
Population Ref: | c.40 |
Civil Parish: | Witherley |
Shire District: | Hinckley and Bosworth |
Shire County: | Leicestershire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Post Town: | ATHERSTONE |
Postcode District: | CV9 |
Postcode Area: | CV |
Os Grid Reference: | SP3598 |
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]
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]