Atherstone, in the county of Warwick, in the parish of Mancetter, a chapel to the vicarage of Mancetter, of the clear yearly value of £11.5s. Patron, the vicar of Mancetter. Chapel dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 2921. Poor’s rates, in 1803, ay 19s 11d in the pound, £2059. 13s/ 41/2d. 24 miles N.E. from Warwick, and 107 1/2 N. W. from London.

The market is on Tuesdays. Here is a free school. The manufacturers are hats, wool-combing, ribband weaving, and cotton-spinning. The town is situated in the Watling-street. It is 9 miles distant from Bosworth-field; and the Earl of Richmond had his quarters in it on the night before his victory over Richard III.

Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. 1845.