Rattery
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rattery
Historical Forms
- Ratreu 1086 DB
- Ratreueford 1219 Ass
- Radetre c.1240 Lives
- Radetru 1314 Ass
- Radetrewe 1316 FA
- trowe 1327,1346 Pat
- Rattre 1242 Fees766
- Rattrew, Raktrue 1270 Exon
- Rattriwe 1276 RH
- Rattru 1284 Exon
- Ratterie 1675 Ogilby
- Ratworthie al. Rattre 1620 Inst(PRO)
Etymology
'At the red tree,' v. treow . Ratworthie is an inverted spelling.So many names in worthy are reduced in speech to a final -ery that a final -ery is sometimes re-spelled as worthy .