Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . mild J torn IhoUxjra ^ ,^ THE RIVERS. wl^Hlikll ^VP^^-*^ flo\^ three sides of theWilj^H I ? I fo\vn~the Rother on the east, the T/fl^^B !# WJ Brede on the south, and rillin,a:hamon the west. The Rother, whichis the principal of these rivers, risesat Rotherfield, in Sussex, andpasses thence down to Roberts-bridge, forming the boundarybetween the counties of Kent andSussex, with a slight exception, tillwithin a few miles of Rye. This stream is navigablefor b
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . mild J torn IhoUxjra ^ ,^ THE RIVERS. wl^Hlikll ^VP^^-*^ flo\^ three sides of theWilj^H I ? I fo\vn~the Rother on the east, the T/fl^^B !# WJ Brede on the south, and rillin,a:hamon the west. The Rother, whichis the principal of these rivers, risesat Rotherfield, in Sussex, andpasses thence down to Roberts-bridge, forming the boundarybetween the counties of Kent andSussex, with a slight exception, tillwithin a few miles of Rye. This stream is navigablefor barges as far as Bodiam, a distance of fifteen miles,and is the thorouglifare of much of the commerce con-nected with the port of Rye. lhe Brede, which risesnear Battle, is navigable for barges as far as BredeBridge, about 7 miles from Rye ; while the Tillingham—formerly known by the name of the Beck, whence thevillage of Beckley, where it has its source, derives itsname—is a small stream only navigable at particulartimes, bv small barges. The retirement of the sea fromthe marshes which now surround the town, first commencedabout the reign of Edward
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