English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Rye Foreign

Parish in the County of Sussex

Etymology

The corporate liberty of Rye is within a larger area called Rye Foreign, which was a liberty for other purposes (J.E.R.).

Places in this Parish

Early-attested site