Atterby

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Atterby is a small hamlet within the parish of Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire, England, distinguished by a grade two listed building, Atterby Mill. Now nothing more than a cluster of buildings at a crossroads, in the 19th century it was rather larger with 134 inhabitants, a butcher, shop and a carrier.^[1] By the early part of the 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". Everett's buses were a feature in the local area for many years until quite recently. In 2006 JD Everett is still in the village but as a haulage company.

Atterby Mill is towards the A15 down a private road and 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.

Nearby was the site of an old post windmill, long abandoned.