Atterby

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Atterby
Lincolnshire
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Atterby
Location
Grid reference: SK981930
Location: 53°25’29"N, 0°31’26"W
Data
Post town: Market Rasen
Postcode: LN8
Dialling code: 01673
Local Government
Council: West Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Gainsborough

Atterby is a hamlet in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire.[1] It is to be found a mile north of Bishop Norton.[2]

Atterby is now little more than a cluster of buildings at a crossroads; in the 19th century it was larger with 134 inhabitants, a butcher, shop and a carrier.[3]

By the early 20th century the Everett family had established a bus service, initially with a horse drawn omnibus and later as pioneers in the use of motorised buses. One of their early vehicles was the "Silver Queen".[4] Everett's buses operated in the local area for many years until quite recently. In 2006 JD Everett is still in the village but as a haulage company.

About the village

Atterby Mill, a watermill, is a Grade II listed building.[5] It stands towards the A15 along a private road. It was powered by water from Atterby Beck (which separates the hamlet from Bishop Norton) supplemented by a steam engine. It produced animal feed ground from grain. It was built on the site of a mediæval mill.[6] Nearby was the site of an old post windmill, long abandoned.[7][8]

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References

  1. Atterby, explorebritain.info; retrieved 25 June 2011
  2. Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885 - Bishop Norton. p. 307
  3. White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856
  4. Stopp, Peter. Bishop Norton - A Lincolnshire Parish History. Bishop Norton Village Hall Committee, 1986, p.46
  5. National Heritage List 1359425: Atterby Mill (Grade II listing)
  6. "Remains of Mediæval Mill Dam at Atterby". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/REMAINS-OF-A-MEDIÆVAL-MILL-DAM-AT-ATTERBY-MILL/231191.record?pt=S. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
  7. Stopp, Peter. Bishop Norton - A Lincolnshire Parish History. Bishop Norton Village Hall Committee, 1986, p.48
  8. "Atterby Windmill". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/SITE-OF-A-WINDMILL-NORTH-OF-ATTERBY-LANE/231180.record?pt=S. Retrieved 26 June 2011.