Rye
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rye
Historical Forms
- Ria, Rya 1130,1165 P 1232 Cl
- (on) Rie t.Steph coins
- Rye, Rie 12th ADiii
- La Rye 1222 Bracton 1379 IpmR
- Rey 1535 VE 1610 Norden
Etymology
The name is a derivative of OE eg, and was so called from its island-site(originally built on a rock-promontory separated from the mainland by marshes which until the 14th cent. were overflowed by the sea), ME at ther ye , having developed into at the rye .v. Addenda supra vi.