Rye Foreign is a small hamlet and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

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district of East Sussex, England. The hamlet is about 2 miles (or 3 km) north-west of Rye, immediately to the east of the larger village of

Peasmarsh Peasmarsh is a village and civil parish in the Rother district, in the county of East Sussex in England. It is located on the A268 road between Rye and Beckley, some north-west of Rye. The village church, dedicated to St Peter and Paul, lie ...

. The name of the parish came about in 1247, when King Henry III reassumed control of Rye and

Winchelsea Winchelsea () is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The ...

from the Abbey of Fecamp, but left part of the area still under the Abbey: hence "Rye Foreign". There is no parish church, although the building still stands in secular use. The parish also includes ''Bowler's Town'' and ''Springfield''. The parish was formed in 1894 from the part of the ancient parish of Rye outside the

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of Rye. From 1894 to 1934 it was part of the rural district of

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

. From 1934 to 1974 it was in the

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Rural District. The local inns are the ''Royal Oak'' and the ''Hare and Hounds''.

Landmarks

The Site of Special Scientific Interest Leasam Heronry Wood is to be found within the parish. The site is a nationally important

heronry A heronry, sometimes called a heron rookery, is a breeding ground for herons. Notable heronries Although their breeding territories are often on more protected small islands in lakes or retention ponds, herons breed in heronries (or also calle ...

with around fifty pairs breeding here.

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Villages in East Sussex Civil parishes in East Sussex Rother District {{EastSussex-geo-stub