A collection of digitised and typeset historical books, articles and archival material relating to Rye and the surrounding Sussex coast. These editions have been reconstructed from historical source material for ordinary reading and reference. editor@ryelocalhistory.org
This is a very early local guidebook. The Hastings and Winchelsea sections have been removed in this edition, leaving a brief but interesting view of Rye. The full document is available in many places. Read PDF
Clark was the most colourful of the Rye historians. His Guide is a mix of personal history, town history and verse. Still a very enterrtaining read, if some of the humour is impenetrably Victorian. Read PDF
An article from the Sussex County Magazine by the editor, Arthur Beckett. Largely extracts from the autobiographical section of Clark's Guide, though there are some interesting observations. Read PDF
Another from the Sussex County Magazine by the editor, Arthur Beckett. It's a short article that collects sayings in the Sussex dialect. I have added footnotes using the magic of Google to look up some of the phrases that puzzled Beckett. Read PDF