Rattery

Rattery
St Mary's Church, Rattery
Rattery
Location within Devon
Population458 (2001 census)
Civil parish
  • Rattery
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited 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.