Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . ons : thisit is proposed to remove, if ever sufficient funds for thecomplete repair of the tower should be forthcoming. Inthe tower are three bells (two, alas ! cracked), with thefollowing inscriptions on the first and third : — JSt, JosephHatch made me. 1635. of Ulcome in Kent nr nil. 3rd. Josephus Hatch me fecit ,1635. The O represents, a medallion bearing 3 bells andthe initials The living is a discharged vicarage,and was former
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . ons : thisit is proposed to remove, if ever sufficient funds for thecomplete repair of the tower should be forthcoming. Inthe tower are three bells (two, alas ! cracked), with thefollowing inscriptions on the first and third : — JSt, JosephHatch made me. 1635. of Ulcome in Kent nr nil. 3rd. Josephus Hatch me fecit ,1635. The O represents, a medallion bearing 3 bells andthe initials The living is a discharged vicarage,and was formerly held by the Rev. G. E. Frevver, alsoRector of Brede. Up to the time of his induction,this Church was in a most dilapidated state, and is nowbeing gradually restored. Mr. Frewer was succeeded by theRev. H. L. Williamson, who further restored the restored north windows of the nave have recentlybeen freed of debt under the present Rector, the Rev. Bowden. In or near the churchyard are some finetrees, noticeably the huge old ash, and some quaint inscrip-tions, viz.: Here lies the only darling boy. Who was his. o Q >< GUIDE TO RYE. 169 fathers and his mothers joy. To them a good child he didprove, Kind, tenderly, they did him love, &c. Close byis Court Lodge, now, unfortunately, allowed to go to ruin,where Queen Elizabeth once stayed, and on the site ofWilliam of Etchinghams house, to which Edward resorted, and from which he issued a Com-mission for the custody and defence of the sea coast ofKent and Sussex, and where Edward III. st<iyed after hisvictory over the Spaniards. The Church Gate House, andthe old Parsonage, near the Post Office and Mill, are inthe Elizabethan style. Here is also a neat WesleyanChapel, the gift of the late Messrs. Horace and CarlosColeman. WITTERSHA(i. A village on the borders of Kent, 5 miles norlli fromRye, and 5 miles south from Tenterden. It lies high, andwith the parishes of Stone and Ebony, is surrnumled byt
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