Atterton
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{infobox UK place
|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 = {{coord|52.581|-01.482|display=inline,title}}
|official_name =Atterton
| population =
| population_ref = c.40
|civil_parish = Witherley
|shire_district= Hinckley and Bosworth
|shire_county= Leicestershire
|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster=
|post_town= ATHERSTONE
|postcode_district = CV9
|postcode_area=CV
|dial_code=
|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. OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :{{ISBN|0 319 46404 0}} It has a population of approximately 40 people. In 1931 the parish had a population of 43.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10369411/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Atterton Hmlt/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=19 December 2022}}
History
The hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement of Athelred or Eadred'.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Atterton|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810070122/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Atterton|url-status=live}}
Atterton became a parish in 1866, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Witherley.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10369411|title=Relationships and changes Atterton Hmlt/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=19 December 2022}}
References
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Category:Hamlets in Leicestershire
Category:Former civil parishes in Leicestershire
Category:Hinckley and Bosworth
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