Rye Foreign

Rye Foreign
Rye Foreign
	Rye Foreign Location within East Sussex
Area	3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi) [1]
Population	335 (Parish-2011)[2]
• Density	238/sq mi (92/km2)
OS grid reference	TQ900225
• London	51 miles (82 km) NW
Civil parish	Rye Foreign;
District	Rother;
Shire county	East Sussex;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RYE
Postcode district	TN31
Dialling code	01797
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Hastings and Rye;

Rye Foreign is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The hamlet is about 2 miles (or 3 km) 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 Fecamp, but left part of the area still under the Abbey: hence "Rye Foreign".[3] There is no parish church, although the building still stands in secular use.

The parish also includes Bowler's Town and Springfield.[4]

The parish was formed in 1894 from the part of the ancient parish of Rye outside the borough of Rye. From 1894 to 1934 it was part of the rural district of Hastings. From 1934 to 1974 it was in the Battle Rural District.

The local inns are the Royal Oak and the Hare and Hounds.[5]

Landmarks

The Site of Special Scientific Interest Leasam Heronry Wood is to be found within the parish. The site is a nationally important heronry with around fifty pairs breeding here.[6]

References

"East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
"Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
Notes on Rye Foreign
Map showing parish boundaries
Hare and Hounds: includes information about the church
"Natural England - SSSI". English Nature. Retrieved 27 September 2008.

External links

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[ESiF-1] "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[3] Notes on Rye Foreign

[4] Map showing parish boundaries

[5] Hare and Hounds: includes information about the church

[6] "Natural England - SSSI". English Nature. Retrieved 27 September 2008.

Settlements in the Rother district of East Sussex
Towns	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Rye
Villages and hamlets	Ashburnham Ashburnham Forge Beckley Bodiam Bowler's Town Brede Brightling Brownbread Street Burwash Cackle Street Camber Catsfield Cliff End Cripps Corner Crowhurst Dallington East Guldeford Etchingham Ewhurst Green Fairlight Fairlight Cove Flimwell Guestling Green Guestling Thorn Hollingrove Houghton Green Hurst Green Icklesham Iden Kent Street Mountfield Northbridge Street Northiam Oxley's Green Peasmarsh Penhurst Pett Pett Level Playden Ponts Green Robertsbridge Rye Foreign Rye Harbour Salehurst Saltcote Saltcote Street Sedlescombe Silver Hill Springfield Staplecross Stonegate Ticehurst Three Oaks Twelve Oaks Udimore Westfield Whatlington Winchelsea Winchelsea Beach
Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Rother

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Unitary authorities	City of Brighton and Hove
Boroughs or districts	Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Brighton Crowborough Eastbourne Hailsham Hastings Heathfield Hove Lewes Newhaven Peacehaven Rottingdean Rye Seaford St Leonards-on-Sea Telscombe Uckfield Wadhurst Winchelsea See also: List of civil parishes in East Sussex
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