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.

[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.

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