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.
Events and News
- Auction of Goods and Services in aid of Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal on 30.10.25.
The South Brent and Rattery Team present an auction of… Read more: Auction of Goods and Services in aid of Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal on 30.10.25. - Agenda for Rattery Parish Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 14 October
RATTERY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday 14th October 2025 @ 7.30pm… Read more: Agenda for Rattery Parish Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 14 October - Harvest Supper on 25.10.25.
Rattery Harvest Supper is on Saturday 25th October in aid… Read more: Harvest Supper on 25.10.25. - Lyric Trio in St Mary’s Church Rattery 17.10.25.
Lyric Trio St. Mary’s Church, RatteryFriday 17 October 2025 at… Read more: Lyric Trio in St Mary’s Church Rattery 17.10.25. - Rattery Nature Reserve “Free the Trees” Postponed
Rattery Nature Reserve “Free the Trees” Date to be arranged.… Read more: Rattery Nature Reserve “Free the Trees” Postponed - Free Cyber Security Support from UK Policing
Free Cyber Security Support from UK Policing If you are… Read more: Free Cyber Security Support from UK Policing - Local government reorganisation
Local government reorganisation If you live, work, study, or run… Read more: Local government reorganisation - Rattery Panto 13 and 14 December 2025
Rattery Panto Robin Hood: Saturday 13th December 2025Matinee: Sunday 14th December Calling… Read more: Rattery Panto 13 and 14 December 2025 - Please report pot holes in Rattery
The Parish Council would like your help in reporting potholes… Read more: Please report pot holes in Rattery
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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).
