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The Hope Anchor
 The Hope Anchor is a mid 18th Century Hotel built at the end of one of the most delightful streets in Rye

Fletchers House Tea Rooms
2 Lion Street, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7LB
Tel / Fax: 01797 222 227
Mob: 07790 668 514
White Horses B&B
Olde world charm
by the sea
180 the Parade
Greatstone on Sea
Romney Marsh,
KENT TN28 8RS
Rye Lodge Hotel
Hilders Cliff, Rye
East Sussex TN31 7LD,
United Kingdom
TEL: 01797 223838
The Knoll
 Bed and breakfast, Rye
 32 Military Road, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7NY
TEL: 01797 225086
The Mermaid Inn
Mermaid Street,Rye East Sussex. Probably Rye’s best known hotel!
Rye River Cafe
Rye, East Sussex. Overlooking the Strand; a bohemian meeting place that both inspires & relaxes!
Rye tourism
Rye, East Sussex Accommodation, Self Catering, Bed and Breakfast, B&B, Hotels, Restaurants, Tourist Information, Things to Do, Shops.
Visit Rye
 Visit Rye is the official tourist and local business website for Rye, East Sussex. Visit Rye provides information for visitors looking to stay, eat, etc
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Rye, East Sussex - Giclee prints by Colin Bailey
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 COLIN BAILEY
ARTIST & PRINTMAKER
Rye
Paintings and giclee prints
RYE: PAINTINGS AND LIMITED EDITION GICLEE PRINTS (2005-2007)
 Rye, East Sussex, One of the historic Cinque ports of the South East coast
Rye, East Sussex
The name of Rye is believed to come from Norman French "la Rie" meaning a bank. Medieval maps shows that Rye was originally located on a huge embayment of the English Channel called the Rye Camber, which provided a safe anchorage and harbour.
The River Rother originally took an easterly course to flow into the sea near what is now New Romney. Rye, as one of the two "Antient Townes" (Winchelsea being the other) was to become a limb of the Cinque Ports Confederation by 1189, and subsequently a full member. The protection of the town as one of the Cinque Ports was very important, due to the commerce that trading brought. One of the oldest buildings in Rye is Ypres Tower, which was built in order to defend the town from the French in 1249 as "Baddings Tower" and later named after its owner John de Ypres. It is now home of the Rye Museum. 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 "Landgate" (the only surviving one of four original fortified entrances to Rye) dates from 1329 in the early years of the reign of King Edward III. Rye was originally a port but the storms of the 13th century (particularly 1250 and 1287) were to cut the town off from the sea, destroy Old Winchelsea and change the course of the Rother.
The 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 off-load 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.
Constant work had to be undertaken to stop the gradual silting-up of the river and the harbour: Acts of Parliament had to be passed to enable it to be kept navigable. Even so, Rye was considered one of the finest of the Cinque Ports, but With the coming of bigger ships and larger ports, Rye's economy began to decline, and fishing and particularly smuggling became more lucrative. Imposition of taxes on goods had already encouraged the latter trade 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 Mermaid Street, turned to murder and were subsequently hanged. Taxes on alchohol and tobacco have kept the tradition alive!
Since 1803 there have been lifeboats stationed at Rye, although the lifeboat station is now at Rye Harbour approx 2 miles down river from the Rye itself. The worst disaster in its history occurred in 1928, when the Mary Stanford Lifeboat sank with all hands. The incident is recorded by a tablet at Winchelsea church; and by the folk-song The Mary Stanford of Rye.There have been six ships of the Royal Navy to bear the name HMS Rye.   Around Rye
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Painting and Giclee print of Flowers on the Corner of St Anthony's - the timber framed tudor building on the corner of Church square and Watchbell street in Rye, East Sussex
Painting and Giclee print of Spring sunshine on the Tudor buildings in Mermaid Street, Rye East Sussex
Painting and Giclee print of Snow on the roofs and cobbles of Mermaid Street in Rye, East Sussex
Painting and Giclee print of view past the Mermaid Inn in Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex
WATCHBELL STREET FLOWERS, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Prints also available as greetings cards with envelopes  in packs of 10 cards for £12.50
SLIP DOWN MERMAID STREET, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Prints also available as greetings cards with envelopes  in packs of 10 cards for £12.50
SPRING UP MERMAID STREET, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Painting and Giclee print of Snow on the cobbles and roofs of Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex
Painting and Giclee print of early morning snow on the gravestones of Church square with the Pink painted Old Vicarage in the background
Painting and Giclee print of Hyland yard, the passge between the mint and the back of the Mermain Inn in Rye, East Sussex
ST ANTHONY’S, CHURCH SQUARE, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Prints also available as greetings cards with envelopes  in packs of 10 cards for £12.50
HYLANDS YARD, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Prints also available as greetings cards with envelopes  in packs of 10 cards for £12.50
OLD VICARAGE SNOW, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
SLIP DOWN MERMAID STREET AGAIN,
Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Painting and Giclee print of St Anthony's, the timber framed Tudor building on the corner of Church Square and Watchbell Street, Rye, East Sussex
DOWN MERMAID STREET, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Prints also available as greetings cards with envelopes  in packs of 10 cards for £12.50
Painting and Giclee print of view past the Hope and Anchor in Watchbell Street to the hills beyond, Rye, East Sussex
WATCHBELL STREET, RYE
 Limited edition Giclee print  
 10” x 15” (253mm x 383mm) Edition of 250
Unframed: £60
Prints also available as greetings cards with envelopes  in packs of 10 cards for £12.50
Christmas cards
A selection of Snow scene prints of Rye and East Sussex are available as  blank  Christmas cards
Rye, East Sussex: Giclee: Scanned from original paintings and printed on 310 GSM Hahnemühle "German etching"  Fine art Archival quality paper at 360 dpi using waterproof and light fast inks. What is a giclee print?   What is a limited edition print?
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Time and Tide
the book of  Rye and early Hastings pictures has just been reduced In price in time for Christmas. With now almost enough new pictures to do a second book it seemed only fair! It is now for sale for £10 (p&p £2.50)  And Now for the first time is available to download in PDF format (300 DPI resolution); aprox 88MB ) for £5! Click on the Buy Now button to pay through PAYPAL and download immediately
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Snow on the roofs and cobbles of Mermaid Street in Rye, East Sussex
Spring sunshine on the Tudor buildings in Mermaid Street, Rye East Sussex
View down Mermaid Street past the Mermaid Inn,Rye, East Sussex
More snow on the roofs and cobbles of Mermaid Street in Rye, East Sussex!
View down Watchbell street in Rye to the Hope and Anchor to the hills beyond
vVew down Watchbell street in Rye to the Hope and Anchor to the hills beyond
St Anthony's - the timber framed Tudor building on the corner of Church Square and Watchbell Street
Early morning snow on the gravestones of Church Square in Rye with the Pink painted Old Vicarage in the background.
Hylands yard, the passage leading between The Mint and the back of the Mermaid Inn in Rye.
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