Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . urround the town, first commencedabout the reign of Edward III., in the fourteenth century,and their embankment was completed in iS^^, an Act. ofParliament having been passed for that express above rivers, uniting their waters at the south-eastcorner of the rock, form the Harbour of Rye, the mouthof which empties itself into the sea, at a distance ofnearly three miles from this spot. The entrance to theliarbour is somewhat intricate, and only accessibl
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . urround the town, first commencedabout the reign of Edward III., in the fourteenth century,and their embankment was completed in iS^^, an Act. ofParliament having been passed for that express above rivers, uniting their waters at the south-eastcorner of the rock, form the Harbour of Rye, the mouthof which empties itself into the sea, at a distance ofnearly three miles from this spot. The entrance to theliarbour is somewhat intricate, and only accessible totrading vessels at high water. In Rye Bay (formerly one ofthe most prolific fishing grounds extant), soles and otherspecies of trawl fish are found, and a considerable tradeis carried on by fishing smacks. During the season, bothon the east and west sides of the harbours mouth, greatquantities of mackerel are caught in the kettle-nets (whichare set up on poles, forming an enclosure open to theshore), as well as in stands of floating nets. Herringsand sprats also are occasionally taken in abundance in theautumn and THH CHURCH. RADTTIONAL historywarrants the beliefthat the present edi-fice is not the origi-nal Church, the latter havingbeen erected in the Gun-garden, near the YpresTower, as far back as thereign of Edward the Con-fessor, and destroyed by firebefore the end of the twelfth century. In proof of thesestatements it may be mentioned that several humanskeletons have been disinterred near the spot where it issupposed to liave stood. The prevailing notion is that theoriginal church was built of wood, which was to be foundin abundance in the great forest of Anderida, in this neigh-bourhood at that time. All the houses in Rye wereformerly composed of this materia] ; and there is noevidence of the destruction of any edifice which was builtof stone. All these have withstood the various and des-tructive ravages of fire and sword to which the town hasbeen subjected ;
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