Rattery

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Not to be confused with Rattray
Rattery
Devon

St Mary the Virgin, Rattery
Location
Grid reference: SX740616
Location: 50°26’28"N, 3°46’31"W
Data
Postcode: TD10
Local Government
Council: South Hams

Rattery is a village in the south of Devon, found a few miles from Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, and Dartington.

The name of the village is often interpreted as a variant of "Red Tree" but it is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ratreu, which may suggest the Old English ra treow meaning 'Roe-deer tree'.

Historic estates

Marley House, or 'Syon Abbey'

Various historic estates are situated within the parish of Rattery, including:

  • Marley House, a Georgian mansion built by Walter Palk (1742-1819) MP; it was renamed "Syon Abbey" in 1925 a community of nuns settled here, claiming to continue the community of Syon Monastery in Twickenham, Middlesex that was dissolved by King Henry VIII almot four hundred years before.
  • Luscombe, a Domesday Book estate mentioned as held from the manor of Dartington. It was the seat of the Luscombe family from before the 16th century[1] to shortly before 1810.[2] when purchased by Walter Park

Outside links

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about Rattery)

References

  1. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.535
  2. Risdon, Tristram: 'A Survey of Devon' (1632), 1810 edition, p 298