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==LGBT history==
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Lamb House, now a National Trust property, was the home of [[Henry James]], [[E F Benson]] and [[H Montgomery Hyde]], and featured as "Mallards" in Benson's Mapp and Lucia books. Other local residents have included [[Edward Burra]], [[John Banting]] and [[Radclyffe Hall]].
[[Lamb House]], now a National Trust property, was the home of [[Henry James]], [[E F Benson]] and [[H Montgomery Hyde]], and featured as "Mallards" in Benson's [[Mapp and Lucia books]]. Other local residents have included [[Edward Burra]], [[John Banting]] and [[Radclyffe Hall]].


[[Category:Sussex]]
[[Category:Sussex]]
[[Category:English towns]]
[[Category:English towns]]

Revision as of 09:40, 30 March 2015

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Rye is a small, picturesque town in the Rother district of East Sussex, one of the Cinque Ports. It is located on a hill, and in mediaeval times was almost entirely surrounded by the sea, however the sea is now about two miles away.

LGBT history

Lamb House, now a National Trust property, was the home of Henry James, E F Benson and H Montgomery Hyde, and featured as "Mallards" in Benson's Mapp and Lucia books. Other local residents have included Edward Burra, John Banting and Radclyffe Hall.