Rattery | |
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St Mary's Church, Rattery | |
Location within Devon | |
Population | 458 (2001 census) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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]