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RYE HARBOUR, East Sussex, UK... (click here for location)

Click to ViewThe Rye Harbour Image Library will contain images and anecdotes about the area. For now there are 322 pictures and 192 comments on the site for you to browse through. The site is designed so that you can add your comments about the pictures to build up the history of the village. You can even send us your photos to be added.

Images can be viewed by YEAR, by ALBUM, by GROUP, or by CONTRIBUTOR, or you can use the simple SEARCH at the top of this page.

Click to ViewWhen viewing the pictures, PLEASE leave your own comments using the form at the foot of each page. You might know a face, a date or a story about the photo. In this way we hope to build an extensive collection of information, reminiscences and anecdotes about Rye Harbour that is easily accessible to everyone.

Click to ViewYou are also able to make your own album of the images here and make this publicly available if you wish.
If you want to add your pictures please send them to us at barryyates@sussexwt.org.uk.
We are now starting to include sound files and scanned documents - use the search box for "audio" or "pdf". Video will be coming soon.

Click to ViewA BOOKLET is available describing many aspects of the village history through the memories of local people. It was originally published by the Thomas Peacocke School History Group in 1992.
This revised edition was printed in 2006.
Copies are available for £5 + 75p p&p
Click on the image for details.


Click to ViewThis web site is managed by Rye Harbour Heritage, which was established in 2005, around 200 years after the harbour’s first settlement. It aims to record and promote the rich and varied history of Rye Harbour village.

Click to ViewIt was funded by Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and English Nature (now Natural England) through Defra’s Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.

Click on thumbnails to view.

Latest Pictures
The lost 17 lifeboatmen
The lost 17 lifeboatmen
The crew of the Rye Harbour lifeboatArmy Tank to recover lifeboatSalving Rye's tragic lifeboatThe lifeboat
Artificial respiration being atemptedThe overturned Rye Harbour LifeboatRye Harbour road after the lifeboat diasasterBritish Legionaires and their banners
The bereaved walking in the funeral processionProcession to the cemeteryScene at the gravesideA lifeboat similar to the Mary Stanford.
Latest Comments
I worked for Mary in her photography shop in Rye, my fa
John and Ellen were my husband's (Michael Caister) grea
My father inlaw Jeffrey Caister thinks the man on the f
This is my maternal grandfathers brother. He is standin
Not familiar with THIS house - we lived in Harbour Ligh
Hello Dave, I don't have any more info, however I do ha
John and Ellen were my great grandparents
Hi I don't know if you have read my piece on Gran's Hut
The pirate with the patch on his right eye with the sti
Can anyone give me any information about my mother's fa
Latest Pictures
The lost 17 lifeboatmen
The crew of the Rye Harbour lifeboat
Army Tank to recover lifeboat
Salving Rye's tragic lifeboat
The lifeboat
Artificial respiration being atempted
The overturned Rye Harbour Lifeboat
Rye Harbour road after the lifeboat diasaster
British Legionaires and their banners
The bereaved walking in the funeral procession
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