Atterton

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{{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}}

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