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{{short description |Hamlet near Rye, Sussex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Rye Foreign
| country = England
| region = South East England
| static_image_name = Hare and Hounds, Rye Foreign - geograph.org.uk - 300281.jpg
| static_image_width = 250
| static_image_caption =
| area_footnotes = <ref name=ESiF>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |accessdate=26 April 2008 |publisher=East Sussex County Council}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 3.9
| civil_parish = Rye Foreign
| population = 335
| population_ref = (Parish-2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128121&c=TN31+7SY&d=16&e=62&g=6421576&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1444226234756&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=7 October 2015}}</ref>
| population_density = {{convert|238|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}}
| os_grid_reference = TQ900225
| coordinates = {{coord|50.97|0.71|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = bottom
| post_town = RYE
| postcode_area = TN
| postcode_district = TN31
| dial_code = 01797
| constituency_westminster = [[Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Hastings and Rye]]
| london_distance = {{convert|51|mi}} [[Boxing the compass|NW]]
| shire_district = [[Rother District|Rother]]
| shire_county = [[East Sussex]]
}}
'''Rye Foreign''' is a small hamlet and [[civil parish]] in the [[Rother District|Rother]] district of [[East Sussex]], England. The hamlet is about 2 miles (or 3 km) north-west of [[Rye, East Sussex|Rye]], immediately to the east of the larger village of [[Peasmarsh]]. The name of the parish came about in 1247, when [[Henry III of England|King Henry III]] reassumed control of Rye and [[Winchelsea]] from the Abbey of [[Fecamp]], but left part of the area still under the Abbey: hence "Rye Foreign".<ref>[http://rye-foreign.east-sussex.co.uk/ Notes on Rye Foreign]</ref> There is no parish church, although the building still stands in secular use.

The parish also includes ''Bowler's Town'' and ''Springfield''.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10310532&c_id=10001043 Map showing parish boundaries]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The parish was formed in 1894 from the part of the ancient parish of Rye outside the [[borough]] of [[Rye, East Sussex|Rye]]. From 1894 to 1934 it was part of the rural district of [[Hastings]]. From 1934 to 1974 it was in the [[Battle, East Sussex|Battle]] Rural District.

The local inns are the ''Royal Oak'' and the ''Hare and Hounds''.<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/300281 Hare and Hounds: includes information about the church]</ref>

==Landmarks==
The [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] [[Leasam Heronry Wood]] is to be found within the parish. The site is a nationally important [[heronry]] with around fifty pairs breeding here.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002938 |title=Natural England - SSSI|accessdate=27 September 2008|publisher=English Nature}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Rye Foreign}}

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[[Category:Hamlets in East Sussex]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in East Sussex]]
[[Category:Rother District]]

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Rye Foreign - Revision history

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