The Rattery parish website provides up to date information about the parish including parish council, village hall, activities and organisations events, general information and businesses and services.

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Events and News

• Rattery Variety Show 2014
  Rattery Variety Show 2024 On Saturday 14th December 2024 at 6.30pm… Read more: Rattery Variety Show 2014
• Christmas Collection dates for refuse and recycling
  South Hams District Council Christmas collection dates for waste and… Read more: Christmas Collection dates for refuse and recycling
• Carol Singing around Rattery 23.12.24.
  There will be carol singing around the village on Monday… Read more: Carol Singing around Rattery 23.12.24.
• Citizens Advice South Hams Newsletter
  Click on image to download/view the Citizens Advice South Hams… Read more: Citizens Advice South Hams Newsletter
• Village Post Office and Coffee Morning Christmas Dates
  The post office will be open on Tuesday 17 December… Read more: Village Post Office and Coffee Morning Christmas Dates
• Christmas Services St. Mary’s Church Rattery 22.12.24. and Christmas Day
• South Devon Alpine Society Monthly Meetings
  South Devon Alpine Garden Society PROGRAMME 2024-2025 Meetings in Rattery… Read more: South Devon Alpine Society Monthly Meetings

Rattery Village and Parish

Rattery nestles in the hills on a plateau between the Harbourne and Dart valleys on the edge of Dartmoor.

With a rainfall of around 700mm per year there are many streams and the village has been inhabited for many centuries. Aerial photographs taken in 1983 show crop marks suggesting some evidence of prehistoric settlements (with some of Roman origins) in the parish.

There are several ideas about the origins of the name of Rattery. It may have come from Rathe Erse, meaning mound or fortification on a hill, a good description of its location. The name changed over the years to, for example; Rottruwe, Rottrue, Ratreu, Ratreueford, Radetre, Radetru, Rattriewe, Ratterie, and Ratworthie. Among many other variations the syllable “tru” (and its variations) was Saxon in origin meaning “trusted way” as at True Street, between Totnes and Berry Pomery and Wadstray near Blackawton.

Adapted from The Book of Rattery, a portrait in words and pictures – compiled by the people of Rattery. Chapter 1, The origins of Rattery Village and the Parish. (Halsgrove 2001).