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Atherton is known for its high concentration of wealth; in 1990 and 2019, [10] Atherton was ranked as having the highest per capita income among U.S. places that have a population between 2,500 and 9,999, [11] and the area covered by its ZIP Code is regularly ranked as having the highest cost of living in the United States.
Atherton was recorded as Aderton in 1212 and 1242, and Atherton in 1259. [2] Opinions differ as to the derivation of the name. One is the farmstead or village of a man named Aethelhere, an Old English personal name and the suffix tun, meaning an enclosure, farmstead or manor estate; [4] [5] another is adre, Saxon for little brook with the suffix tun. [6]
Atherton's final years were spent at Prescot Hall, where he died on 25 June 1803, [5] at the age of 61. He was buried in Prescot Parish Church. A marble slab by Sir Richard Westmacott is dedicated in his memory, [38] surmounted with a family crest, with the motto clarior e tenebris (brighter after the darkness). Atherton died without any known ...
Yidinji (also known as Yidinj, Yidiny, and Idindji) is an Australian Aboriginal language.Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns, Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi.
Early 18th century: The barn is in brick with a Welsh slate roof and four bays.It contains doors, hatches, vents, and a wagon entrance. [11]II: Rosehill: Early 18th century: A house, later divided into two dwellings, in brick, partly rendered at the rear, on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, a moulded eaves cornice, and a cement tile roof.
Charles H. Atherton, said that Humphrey Atherton, his wife and three young children arrived at the colony in the ship James, August 7, 1635, [15] but there is no record of this. [8] He further said that Atherton and his wife were each about 15 years old when they were married. [15] There is a record of Nathaniel Wales having voyaged on the ...
Faxon Dean Atherton, Jr (1855–1922) was also known as Francisco Fascon Atherton was born on September 12, 1857, in Valparaíso, Chile. He married "Jeanie" (also known as Jane/Jenny) Selby, the daughter of Thomas Henry Selby. Florence (Atherton) Eyre (1861–1934). She was born 1861.
Atherton having become of age in Dorchester, [12] was one of the earliest settlers of Lancaster, Massachusetts, accompanying John Prescott, who had obtained rights to settle in an area then known as Nashaway Plantation. [13] Atherton's lot was situated on Neck Road. [14] [15] The precise time of early settlers arriving in Lancaster is not known ...