RATTLESDEN, a parish in the hundred of THEDWESTRY, county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (W.) from Stow- Market, containing 1032 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £20. 0. 2, James Oakes, Esq. was patron in 1808. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is a place of worship for Baptists.