Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . he Postern-gate, had been let in 1698 ; theremainder was now filled with mud, which was overgrownwith high reeds, and this was let in 1735 to the respectiveowners of the adjoining property. In 1734, the stonegateway at ihe Gungarden and the portcullis at Land-gateweie pulled down and sold. Two jears after this thePostern-gate shared the same fate. In 1767, the wallnear the latter was taken down to widen the entrancesufiiciently to allow carriages to pass up and do
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . he Postern-gate, had been let in 1698 ; theremainder was now filled with mud, which was overgrownwith high reeds, and this was let in 1735 to the respectiveowners of the adjoining property. In 1734, the stonegateway at ihe Gungarden and the portcullis at Land-gateweie pulled down and sold. Two jears after this thePostern-gate shared the same fate. In 1767, the wallnear the latter was taken down to widen the entrancesufiiciently to allow carriages to pass up and down theConduit-hiU, and the stones were given to the Church-wardens to repair the churchyard wall; and at the sametime the Strand- gate was ordered to be taken dow n, andthe stones to be applied to the same purpose ; but the lastorder does not seem to have been carried out to its fullextent then, as, in 1817, a further order was issued forpulling down this gate and part of the wall, previous towhich last-mentioned period one half of the old arch wasstanding. Ihe wooden gates attached to the Land-galewere pulled down in 1760, n. THE 5TRAND, RYE. [/:rp} mild J torn IhoUxjra iniij.
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