Rye, East Sussex
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Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, two miles from the English Channel at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede. In the mi
The Ypres tower, Rother, Rye Harbour and marshes seen from the tower of St Mary's Church, Rye
The Landgate
The South Gate at Rye, 1785, by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm
The windmill
Rye Castle
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Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monum
Rye, East Sussex
…protection of the town as one of the Cinque Ports was very important, due to the commerce that trading brought. One of the oldest buildings in Rye is Ypres Tower, which was built in 1249 as "Baddings Tower", to defend the town from the French, and was later named after its owner, John de Ypres. It is now part…
The Ypres Tower