Atterton | |
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![]() Sign on entering the hamlet suggests local ducks know their limits precisely - February 2008: Look west Atterton Road | |
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]
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]
Atterton | |
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![]() Sign on entering the hamlet suggests local ducks know their limits precisely - February 2008: Look west Atterton Road | |
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]
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]