Rattery
Rattery is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, a few miles from Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, and Dartington. The name is often interpreted as a variant of "Red Tree" and is listed in the Domesday Book as Ratreu.
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St Mary's Church, Rattery
The village is part of the electoral ward of Eastmoor. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,321.[1]
Historic estates
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Marley House, renamed "Syon Abbey" in 1925
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 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.
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References
- "Eastmoor ward 2011". Retrieved 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
- 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, pedigree of "Luscombe of Luscombe"
- Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.298
- Risdon, p.380
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