Description
Rattery, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands 4 miles W of Totnes station on the G.W.R. It was known to the Saxons as Ratrew, commands a picturesque view, and has a post office under Buckfastleigh; money order and telegraph office, South Brent. Acreage, 2926; population, 400. The manor, with Marley House, belongs to the Carew family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £170 with residence. The church is ancient but good; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and small spire; and contains a Norman font and a fine carved wood screen. The building was restored in 1875.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
