A Roam around Rye - historic Cinque Port, Rye, East Sussex, South-eastern England, UK - August 2023 скачать в хорошем качестве

A Roam around Rye - historic Cinque Port, Rye, East Sussex, South-eastern England, UK - August 2023

This video was taken during a day-trip to Rye. It is a very picturesque small town (approximately 5,000 inhabitants in East Sussex, England, three kilometres (two miles) from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Brede and the Tillingham. It was an important member of the mediaeval Cinque Ports confederation and it was at the head of an embayment of the English Channel, and almost entirely surrounded by the sea. Its historical association with the sea has included providing ships for the service of the Crown in time of war, and being involved in smuggling. The notorious Hawkhurst Gang used its ancient inns The Mermaid Inn and The Olde Bell Inn, which are said to be connected to each other by a secret passageway. Those historic roots and its charm make it a tourist destination, with hotels, guest houses, B&Bs, tea rooms, and restaurants. Rye has a small fishing fleet, and Rye Harbour has facilities for yachts and other vessels. The name of Rye is believed to come from the West Saxon ieg meaning island. Medieval maps show that Rye was originally located on a huge embayment of the English Channel called the Rye Camber, which provided a safe anchorage and harbour. Probably as early as Roman times, Rye was important as a place of shipment and storage of iron from the Wealden iron industry. The Cinque Ports was very important, due to the commerce that trading brought. One of the oldest buildings in Rye is its castle famous for Ypres Tower, which was built in 1249 as "Baddings Tower". The castle is shown briefly at the end of the video and was built to defend the town from the French, and was later named after its owner, John de Ypres. Rye received its charter from King Edward I in 1289, and acquired privileges and tax exemptions in return for ship-service for the crown. The video shows The "Landgate" which is the only surviving one of four original fortified entrances to Rye. It dates from 1329 in the early years of the reign of King Edward III. It is suitable only for light vehicles. The church of Saint Mary of Rye is also featured. It is over 900 years old and from its bell tower there are marvellous views over Rye and the surrounding countryside including Rye and Camber Castles. The River Rother originally took an easterly course to flow into the sea near what is now New Romney. However, the violent storms in the 13th century (particularly in 1250 and 1287) cut the town off from the sea, destroyed Old Winchelsea, and changed the course of the Rother. Then the sea and the river combined in about 1375 to destroy the eastern part of the town and ships began use the current area (the Strand) to unload their cargoes. Two years later, the town was sacked and burnt by the French, and it was ordered that the town walls be completed, as a defence against foreign raiders. With the coming of bigger ships and larger deepwater ports, Rye's economy began to decline, and fishing and particularly smuggling (including owling, the smuggling of wool) became more important. Imposition of taxes on goods had encouraged smuggling since 1301, but by the end of the 17th century, it became widespread throughout Kent and Sussex, with wool being the largest commodity. When luxury goods were also added, smuggling became a criminal pursuit, and groups – such as the Hawkhurst Gang who met in The Mermaid Inn in Rye – turned to murder and were subsequently hanged. In the 1500s, there was a small Huguenot community at Rye and neighbouring Winchelsea. In May 1940, during the darkest days of World War II, the Rye fishing fleet was invited to participate in Operation Dynamo, the seaborne rescue of the stranded British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk, but refused to do so. The Music for the video is 'Sussex By the Sea' and 'The Sussex Carol'.