Rattery Explained
| Official Name: | Rattery |
| Civil Parish: | Rattery |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | South West England |
| Coordinates: | 50.4333°N -49°W |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
| Population: | 458 |
| Population Ref: | (2001 census) |
| Static Image: | Blessed_Virgin_Mary,_Rattery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_516653.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church, Rattery |
Rattery is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England, a few miles from the villages Buckfastleigh and neighbouring village Ashburton . The name has been suggested as a variant of Red Tree but is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ratreu. In 2001 the parish had a population of 458.
The village is part of the electoral ward of Eastmoor. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,321.[1]
Historic estates
Historic estates within the parish of Rattery include:
- Marley House, a Georgian mansion built by Walter Palk (1742-1819), MP, renamed "Syon Abbey" in 1925 when the formerly exiled community of nuns whose antecedents were from Syon Monastery, Twickenham, Middlesex, dissolved by King Henry VIII, took up residence.
- Luscombe, a Domesday Book estate mentioned as held from the manor of Dartington[2] and later the seat of the Luscombe family from before the 16th century[3] to shortly before 1810.[4] Purchased from the Luscombe family by Walter Palk (1742-1819).[5] Not to be confused with Luscombe Castle, a 19th-century country house near Dawlish, about 16 miles to the north-east.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Eastmoor ward 2011. 19 February 2015.
- Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, Part 2 (Notes), Chapter 20:15
- [John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]
- [Tristram Risdon|Risdon, Tristram]
- Risdon, p.380
