Augustinian Friary (The Monastery) In 1364, Benedict and Henry Zely, together with William Taillour, the owners of two acres of land on the East Cliff, where the sea had already destroyed some houses, gave permission to the Prior Provincial and the Friars of St. Augustine, to build an Oratory and Manse for their order. … read more
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by Frank Palmer Of the earliest Inns and Alehouses little or nothing is known and all that exists are a few early cellars beneath later buildings. What we do know is that by the sixteenth century, the Inn and Alehouse was a significant part of the Rye scene. As an important port of embarkation the town … read more
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by Eric Wetherill The Old Drill Hall was situated where the Fire Station is today, along the track and then footpath that leads from Ferry Road, along beside the Windmill, to the river. In 1911, a Veteran Reserve was formed from the 5th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, Cinque Ports Volunteers, because of the threat of … read more
by Ann Harvey Rye Borough Police Force came into being in 1838. The Police Station was in a small cottage adjacent to the Ypres tower. The force consisted of two men, a Superintendent and a Police Constable. The Ypres Tower had three cells and a mortuary. The Sussex bonfire tradition, as in Lewes, had been … read more
Colonel Frederick Sedley, 5th Marquis of Taflia in Malta and his links with the Alessi Family Colonel Frederick Sedley, 5th Marquis of Taflia, in Malta is commemorated on a bronze plaque over the iron grill doorway between the Friary and the church of St. Anthony of Padua in Rye. As can be seen below, the … read more
