Rye Foreign
| Rye Foreign | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ900225 |
| Location: | 50°58’12"N, 0°42’36"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 335 (Parish, 2011) |
| Post town: | Rye |
| Postcode: | TN31 |
| Dialling code: | 01797 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rother |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hastings and Rye |
Rye Foreign is a small hamlet in Sussex, sitting about two miles north-west of Rye, immediately to the east of the larger village of Peasmarsh. The name of the parish came about in 1247, when King Henry III reassumed control of Rye and Winchelsea from the Abbey of Fécamp, but left part of the area still under the Abbey: hence "Rye Foreign".[1] There is no parish church now: the old church still stands but in secular use.
The parish also includes Bowler's Town and Springfield.
The local inns are the Royal Oak and the Hare and Hounds.[2]
About the village
Leasam Heronry Wood by the village is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The wood is a nationally important heronry with around fifty pairs breeding here.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Rye Foreign) |
References
- ↑ Notes on Rye Foreign
- ↑ Hare and Hounds: includes information about the church
- ↑ SSSI listing and designation for Leasam Heronry Wood