French Raid on Rye 1339

Water tower in churchyard is a Victorian-era structure located within a churchyard in Sussex. The tower was constructed in the nineteenth century to serve the practical water supply needs of the local community or institution. Built of brick with characteristic Victorian engineering, the tower re…

Austin Friars Chapel is a fourteenth-century religious structure located in Sussex, England. The chapel was built by the Austin Friars, a mendicant order that established several houses across medieval England during the later Middle Ages. The surviving remains demonstrate the architectural style…

Ypres Tower is a fortified structure forming part of Rye Town Wall in East Sussex, England. Built in the late fourteenth century, the tower served a defensive function within the medieval fortifications that protected the town during the Hundred Years War. The structure is constructed of stone an…

Martello tower no 30, located 300 metres east of Gate Borough Cottage in Sussex, is a coastal defence structure built during the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century. The tower forms part of the extensive chain of Martello towers constructed along the south coast of England between 180…

The Land Gate is a fortified gateway structure located in Rye, East Sussex, forming part of the town's medieval defensive system. Dating from the late fourteenth century, it was constructed as part of the expansion and reinforcement of Rye's fortifications during the period of Anglo-French confli…

Camber Castle is a coastal artillery fortress built by Henry VIII in the 1540s as part of his systematic defence of the Sussex coast against French invasion. The castle was constructed as a low, squat structure designed to mount cannon and represents an important example of mid-Tudor military arc…