By Ken Clarke Although the origins of the Cinque Ports are unknown, their individual beginnings preceded the Norman Conquest, for the Domesday Book records that during the reign of Edward the Confessor the burgesses of Dover.
Tag: Ancient Towns
Ancient Towns runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Stories such as “Traditional Business Returns to Rye”, “Editorial”, and “The Cinque Ports Coronation Privileges” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture. The result is less a formal history than a lively bundle of evidence, voices and remembered moments from the magazine’s pages.
Editorial
By the time this issue gets to the newsagents, Easter will have come and gone. This year seems to be flying past. So much is going on in the World.
Traditional Business Returns to Rye
By Jim Hollands Rye and Shipping go together like coffee and cream. Since the days before recorded history Rye has been associated with shipbuilding and fishing.