Rye (East Sussex)

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Rye
Rye (England)
Rye
Rye
Location in England

View from the tower of St. Mary's Church over Rye, with
Rye Castle in the foreground
Basic data
status Town and Civil Parish
surface 4.2 km²
population 4255 (as of 2011)
Ceremony county East Sussex
District Rother District
Constituency Hastings and Rye
Website: www.ryetowncouncil.gov.uk

Rye is a small town and a Civil Parish in the county of East Sussex in southeast Britain . It once belonged to the alliance of five English Channel ports ( Cinque Ports ). The place has been attacked and destroyed many times in the course of history, for example by the French in 1377. With the drying up of the harbor basin, the economic decline began. Today Rye is a popular tourist attraction that has retained its medieval character. Today Rye is about 3.2 km from the sea, belongs to the Rother district and has about 4600 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • Parish Church St. Mary : The church, built in the 12th century , has undergone several alterations and additions over the years and today shows a mixture of Norman, Early English, Decorated and Modern styles. The clock tower was made in Winchelsea in 1560 and is believed to be the oldest in the country. The so-called "Quarter Boys" stand on either side of a memorial plaque above the dial, and their chimes indicate the quarter hour. The mahogany carved altar was built in the 18th century, as was the chandelier in the choir. The font and some of the beautiful windows date from the 19th century.
  • Ypres Tower : The mighty square complex with the three semicircular corner towers and a free-standing, smaller crenellated tower from the 19th century once belonged to a fort of the 13th century, but was taken over by the authorities in the 16th century and served as a prison for a long time. It was given its current form in 1928 and has since served as a museum with exhibits on the history of the five canal ports. The cannons of the port town once stood in the surrounding Canon Garden, offering a wonderful view of the surrounding landscape.
  • The Mermaid Street is the most attractive of the many cobbled streets.
  • The Mermaid Inn was once a notorious meeting place for smugglers and still has the face of a house from the 15th to 17th centuries. Century preserved. Opposite is the "House Opposite", which was built at the same time, which is so called because many mistakenly believed it to be the "Mermaid Inn" and was referred there by the residents.
  • The Lamb House on West Street was the retirement home of the American writer Henry James from 1898–1916 . The English storyteller EF Benson later lived here and was mayor of the town from 1934–1937.
  • Landgate : the last remaining city gate from the 13th century.
  • In a former Augustinian monastery, one of the town's numerous pottery is now housed.

gallery

  • St Mary's Church with clock tower

  • The Ypres Tower in detail

  • Cobblestones in Rye

Web links

Commons : Rye  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Rye (East Sussex)  - travel guide

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 44'  E