Rattery is located within the county of

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only a few miles from the villages

Buckfastleigh Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway ( A38) at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It is part of Teignbridge and, for ecclesiastical purposes, lies within the Totnes Deane ...

and neighbouring village Ashburton the name can sometime be seen a variant of Red Tree but is mentioned in the

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as Ratreu. The origins of how it got its name remain unknown but had been many possibles answer put across. The History Of St Mary's Church The Vicars Of St Mary's 1. Jeffery Hurning: Approx. 1199 2. Walter De Pembroke Approx. 1238 3. Thomas Ballard Approx. 1260-1284 4. Walter Culliebole Approx. 1284-1338 5. John Lambrith Approx. 1338-1349 6. William Budd Approx. 1349-1354 7. Ralph Pataleke Approx. 1354-1364 8. Thomas De Northwode Approx. 1364-1364 9. William Blackhall Approx.1364-1376 10.Lawrence Buscoveleke Approx. 1376-1391 The village is part of the

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of Eastmoor. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,321.

Historic estates

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

estate mentioned as held from the manor of

Dartington Dartington is a village in Devon, England. Its population is 876. The electoral ward of ''Dartington'' includes the surrounding area and had a population of 1,753 at the 2011 census. It is located west of the River Dart, south of Dartington ...

and later the seat of the Luscombe family from before the 16th century to shortly before 1810. Purchased from the Luscombe family by Walter Palk (1742-1819).Risdon, p.380 Not to be confused with Luscombe Castle, a 19th-century country house near

Dawlish Dawlish is an English seaside resort town and civil parish in Teignbridge on the south coast of Devon, from the county town of Exeter and from the larger resort of Torquay. Its 2011 population of 11,312 was estimated at 13,355 in 2019. It is ...

, about 16 miles to the north-east.

References

External links

Rattery Parish Council
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