Rye, East Sussex, Magical, Quaint, Fairytale Exploring
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Rye, In East Sussex, Is One Of The Most Charming And Picturesque Towns In England. It Is A Town With A Long And Fascinating History, Dating Back To The Roman Era.
Today, Rye is a thriving town with a vibrant community and a rich cultural heritage. In this video, we'll explore the history of Rye and some of its most famous landmarks.
Rye is situated in a strategic location, at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede. Rye is about two miles from the sea.
The town was first settled by the Romans, who built a fort here to protect the crossing of the rivers. The town's Roman name was 'Ritanis'. The name 'Rye' is first mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, when it was listed as a small village with a population of just over 100. The town grew steadily in the centuries that followed. By the 13th century, Rye was an important town and a member of the Cinque Ports, a group of five ports that had special privileges and exemptions. The Cinque Ports were responsible for providing the king with ships and men for naval service. Rye's role as a Cinque Port ended in 1540, but the town continued to prosper.
In the 17th century, Rye was a notorious haven for smugglers. The town's location, just a couple of miles from the coast, made it the perfect place to land contraband from France and Holland. The smugglers were opposed by the customs officials, known as 'preventive waterguards', These preventive guards would later form HM Coastguard. These men were responsible for preventing the smuggling of goods into the country.
There was one very famous group of smugglers here in Rye, The Hawkhurst Gang, and they used the ancient public houses, The Mermaid Inn and the Olde Bell Inn as a place of meeting and stashing their contraband, its believed that a secret tunnel connects both of these places. Mermaid Inn dates to 1156
The town of Rye is full of historic landmarks. The most famous is Rye Castle, also known as 'Ypres Tower'. The castle was built in the 12th century and was once used as a prison. Today, it is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled ancient monument. The castle is open to the public and is well worth a visit. Other landmarks include the Church of St Mary the Virgin, the Town Hall and the Ypres Legacy Museum.
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The buildings there are so lovely! Really is a fairytale setting! Looking forward to the Rye Castle!!
Thank you guys, I’m hoping to release that video in a week or so. Rye was a stunning location 😊 catch up soon guys
Nice exploring with beautiful place
Thanks for great sharing
Full watched here'always friend 💖💖
Thank you very kindly ❤️😊 sending our best and catch up soon 😊
What a beautiful place. So much history, and so picturesque. Thanks Stephen 🙂 👍
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The old buildings are still standing. Love the entrance looks. Massively popular
Thank you guys, it’s a very beautiful old town to visit 😊
Very nice 👍I like it so much thank you for sharing this video
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14👍Great video,.beautiful picture and place. I enjoyed watching 👍💯⭐Thank you for sharing. Wishing you and your family good health and happiness 👍👍🍀🍀🍀🍀
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Ah that was an absolutely stunning place Stephen and as usual you did a well explained tour. Loved the history of the Romans and the smugglers, and the cobbled streets and buildings were beautiful. The harbour area was so nice too. The church looked stunning and it was great to see the 1420 Mermaid Inn and see the lovely photos that you took on the most Instagrammable street ! This was great and I'm really looking forward to the castle video 🙂👍 ~ Anna
Thank you Anna, for your very lovely comment 😊 there is so much to see and explore in Rye, it really is a very beautiful place for anyone who is visiting the area 😊 it was a favourite place in East Sussex and was great to film and share with everyone 😊❤️
Great history 👏 we always enjoy a bit of that while seeing new places
Thank you guys, for your lovely comment 😊 sending our best and catch up soon
Love those quaint looking laneways. Can just imagine them all decorated for Christmas...just as in Dicken's time. Awesome...Bruce and Otis
Thank you Bruce and Otis, sending our best to you guys and catch up soon 😊
Rye is just so gorgeous!!! Wow!
Thank you kindly, and very true 😊 Rye is a beautiful place to visit 😊
Thumbnail really caught my eye! Really loved this video too! Keep it up x
Awww, thank you so much, for such a wonderful comment 😊 sending our best to you and catch up soon x 😊
Rye is beautiful and you provide a great history. 👍Love smugglers! Thanks for the tour. 🤠
Thank you very kindly, I love stories of smugglers too 😊 Rye certainly has a fascinating history and a stunning location to visit too 😊 catch up soon
Another awesome awesome video my friend. Keep up the amazing work
Thank you buddy, sending our best and catch up soon 😊
I can see why the street is photographed so frequently, what a wonderful stroll through time. Great to see you two out and about. 🦾🛡️🌞
Thank you buddy, we enjoyed this visit to Rye and it was wonderful to share it with everyone at home too 😊 catch up soon buddy
Rye is so beautiful! I enjoyed hearing about the history with all the smugglers. Love the music you chose for the background - it sounds so magical!
Thank you Donna, it really was very beautiful 😊 our visit here was very enjoyable 😊 Rye has been on my bucket list for a long time. It’s finally ticked off the list. Well worth a visit
That has got to be the most beautiful quaint town/village I have seen ! Thanks for taking us along :) Enjoyed the tour very much 😊
Thank you Cheryl, for your lovely comment 😊 sending our best and catch up soon 😊
Beautiful town and beautiful video. Great information as always. 👌👍
Thank you very kindly 😊❤️
A lovely photo of Yhana on your thumbnail and towards the end of your video. I can see why Rye is considered one of the most charming and picturesque towns in England. There are some gorgeous historic buildings. Thank you for the interesting tour of the town and for telling us about its history 👍😊💕
Thank you Julie and Lucy, Rye was a stunning place to visit and it was wonderful to share with everybody too 😊 a big thank you for the lovely comment about the photo too ❤️
Enjoyed visiting Rye with you and Yhana, Stephen. Who doesn't love an old "smugglers haven?" hmm, old? Maybe we should check the backpack of the shady but lovable character in front of you both! Loved seeing the castle and old church. The architecture in the photo's was lovely and charming as is Yhana. Thanks so much for bringing us along.
Hi Dave and Kathy, thank you so much for such a lovely comment 😊 Rye was a stunning location to visit, one I enjoyed very much 😊 The shady character lol 😆 would that be Peter. Lol 😂 catch up soon guys
Lovely Town , nice historical place overflowing with stories to be told. Thank you Stephen 😊💖
Thank you so much buddy, sending our best and catch up soon 😊😊❤️
Well done guys, I really enjoyed this very beautiful video ❤️😊
Thank you very kindly 😊😊❤️
C'est vraiment un bel endroit. Je ne peux pas croire qu'il n'y ait pas plus de monde qui se promène là-bas.💚👌
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It really is a beautiful place. I can’t believe there are not more people walking around there.
Thank you Lisa, a few of the streets were busy. Mermaid Street was at times too. I had to wait for the best moment to take a photo lol 😆 catch up soon ❤️
We have a RYE in the state of Victoria. Beautiful little town. Loved coming along with you Stephen and Yhanna, have a great day. 👍🏽🙏🏽🤗❤
Thank you Joseph, I wonder if your Rye was named so because of settlers from this area. Maybe a few Rye smugglers got sent to Victoria lol 😆 catch up soon buddy
the town is super beautiful i like it
Thank you very much for the wonderful comment 😊
A town straight out of a fairy tale.
I could spend days exploring there.
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Stephan and Yhana, it was amazing 🤠🇩🇪👍
Thank you Peter, Rye certainly is a town from a fairytale 😊 it’s been well kept too, and they seem to have done everything they can to protect its charm and beauty 😊 catch up soon buddy
Very nice, thanks for the look around.
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Nice images of the city! Like from Palma de Mallorca 👍
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It's such a nice town!! Thank you for sharing its history with us! Greetings from Singapore
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Lovely town! Been here before when I was younger went out for a night drinking in town lol 😂 don’t remember much and I probably wasn’t interested back then haha anyway nice tour and history and who doesn’t like secret tunnels! Lovely set of photos have a great week!
Thank you Lee, I stayed in nearby Camber Sands when I was younger and always wanted to visit Rye. It’s been on my list of places to visit ever since. It was well worth the very long wait lol 😆 it was great to share this wonderful place with everyone too
It is a very beautiful town. Never heard of the town of Rye, and I'm really glad you showed it to us, and I see there is much history there.
Thank you buddy, the town is very beautiful 😊 every corner you turn offers something very quaint and beautiful 😊 it’s well worth a visit for anyone travelling here in the UK
Rye looks so quaint and the most English of English towns you can imagine. Thanks for the tour and history it was very enjoyable. ATB, Sue 😊
Thank you Sue, for your very lovely comment 😊 sending our best and catch up soon ❤️😊
Stunning town! Stephen you always narrate so well - you have one of those "National Geographic" narrations voices (that's a compliment BTW!) and we just love watching your tours -and learning along the way! Thanks so much for the tour - we had not heard of Rye before this..........
Awww, Thank you Karen and Shannon 😊 your compliment was very lovely ☺️ your the first to describe my voice like that too. Sometimes I do mess up on my narrative though lol 😆 Rye is very lovely, certainly one of our historical gems 😊 catch up soon
I totally agree with your description of Rye as one of the most beautiful of English towns. We have stopped off on many occasions and I keep promising myself a stay here. I enjoyed the books of E.F. Benson who largely set his stories here and peopled the town with a wonderful cast of quirky characters. A TV series of these was shot in Rye and I cannot walk the streets without filling them with those wonderful actors. Nearby Winchelsea is also a favourite. You had a wonderful day for your visit and captured many glorious images.
Hi Ivor, we did visit Winchelsea too, and shot a video. Although this video won’t go live until probably the new year. Rye was incredible. The town has been on my list of places to visit for years. It was well worth the wait 😊
quite and nice place
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Hey both, Rye is looking pretty beautiful there. We really need to head down to your neck of the woods next year. We’d love to share a beer with you and check out all there is to offer down there. Ooh, smugglers, we love a good smuggler story, although the idea of it is always a lot more glamorous and exciting than I actually would have been 😂. Mermaid St looks really pretty, you can see why people want to photograph it. Happy Christmas to the both of you, hope you have a great time!! Lots of love from Wills n’ Rach x
Will watch tonight with hubby debs xx
Thank you Debs 😊❤️ xx
Great little video guys, and a very beautiful location too 😊
Thank you kindly buddy 😊😊
Love this charming town Stephen. Interesting history about smuggling , I think it will always happen somewhere. Definitely worth visiting, it’s lovely here! Thanks for the awesome history and showing the beautiful historic buildings. 👍😊🇨🇦
this was great, nice place to explore. 🙂
Thank you Cara ❤️❤️😊
Love the colorful story of the town. You can just imagine people smuggling and selling their goods
Thank you Jim and Pearl, I can imagine snuggling was big business here, would not surprise me if most of the town was in on it, in one way or another. Even if just buying the goods 😊 Rye was very beautiful
Stephen, glad you are out and about. Hope the sciatica has eased. What a lovely wee town. Very picturesque. As I ponder on how we need to plan our eventual UK journey, these videos aren't helping 😂just making it harder to choose. Have a great Sunday. 👍🙋♀
Thank you Anita, I actually filmed this a couple of months back, before the cold weather set in. ❤️😊 if you do plan a trip to the UK, Rye is certainly a very beautiful place to visit especially if your travelling along the south coast 😊 The mermaid Inn, is also a very beautiful place to stay and has played host to a few celebrities over the years too 😊 sending our best and catch up soon, have a wonderful Sunday too
This 2nd time trying to comment,!!!! thank you i love rye and its on my suitcase list and thanks to this going book a campsite near next year debs xx ps its so wierd that some channels youtube goes all bloody wierd!!.
Hi Debs, a camping trip is a wonderful idea, this is what Yhana and I did whilst we travelled around East Sussex. Rye is very lovely and well worth a visit ❤️😊
Really nice place enjoyed watching it xxx
Thank you xx ❤️❤️
Good exploring !
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Świetny odcinek :) To miasteczko ma bardzo ciekawą zabudowę :) pozdrawiam i jeszcze wpadnę do was ;) 34
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Beautiful old town. I want to go in the Mermaid Tavern and have a mead😃👋
Lol. The Mermaid Tavern is supposed to be very lovely 😊 we didn’t get a chance to go inside, but some friends have stayed here in the past and have wonderful memories 😊 catch up soon guys
The infamous Hawkhurst Gang! I could tell you some stories about them. Even without them, the history of Rye is very interesting!!
Thank you Alice, on our next meet up 😊 you can tell me all about the Hawkhurst Gang 😊 although come to think about, have you mentioned them on your channel before?
@@StephenandYhana yes but a while back in my Poole video.
Hi, Stephen and Yhana.
Indeed, this town has enchanting characters and just fits in one of those folk tales to be told.
I was hoping you could stay at "Mermaid Inn," but no longer as an accommodation. Bar & Restaurant
Open to "Non-Residents"!!!🤔So aren't no local PPL allowed to visit? Anyway, how lovely experience even being inside of Inn. 3:26 Yes, I must walk "Mermaid ST." Yhana looks like one of the mermaids.4:36
I feel as if I were strolling the historical town, shops, and castle back in the day through your lens. How exciting! Exploring Rye is beyond my expectation. "Viking Raiders" Skol! You will take it easy, Stephen. Thank you very much.
Thank you buddy, I’m pretty sure you can still stay at The Mermaid Inn, I think it books up very fast and is often used by honeymooners and even a few famous people. I think the signage was more about trying to invite non residents in for a drink. People are too busy marvelling out how beautiful the street is lol 😆
Rye is stunning, it was a wonderful place to visit and share with everyone at home 😊
@@StephenandYhana Thank you, Stephen.
nice town
Thank you buddy 😊
I tried to watch this but the sound levels are all over the place. Music drowning out speech, wind doing the same. You need to get a better understanding of sound mixing. If anything, music isn't needed. You're trying to do too much with the sound. Just make the narration clear, ditch the unnecessary music and things will improve.
There are so many layers of history it's quite evident visually but also from your great narration. The town is very photogenic if I may say so...Very nicely edited video... Take care guys!
Thank you for such a wonderful comment 😊😊 sending our best and catch up soon
Beautiful starting the video with that voice, looks like watching DW documentary 🥰
Such a beautiful calm place to visit, with rich history. Your videos always amazed me 👏
Hey buddy, thank you so much for such a lovely comment 🥰 Sending our best to you and catch up soon 😊☺️
the secret tunnel would be cool to find !
I totally agree, how cool would it be to explore that secret tunnel 😊