AVestmorland—dist., pop. 166; township (Rydal and
Loughrigg), 4889 ac., pop. 498, is partly in local
government dist. of Grasmere; vil., on river Rothay,
at E. end of Rydal Water, 1% mile NAV. of Ambleside;
Rydal Walcr is % mile long and % mile broad; in
vicinity of vil. are Rydal Hall and Rydal Mount, the
former the seat of the Le Flemings, the latter the home
of Wordsworth from 1817 to 1850; in the park of
Rydal Hall, on Rydal Beck (left affluent of the Rothay),
are Rydal Falls (High and Low); 2 miles NW. of
Rydal vil. is Rydal Fell, 2022 ft. high.

Ryde, watering-place, mun. bor., and par., on NE.
coast of Isle of AVight, 8% miles NE. of Newport by
rail, 4 miles from Southsea Pier (across the Solent), 20
from Southampton, and 79 from London—par. (formed
from Newchurch par. in 1866), 3812 ac., pop. 12,817;
bor. (extending into St Helens par.), 792 ac., pop.
11,461; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 3 newspapers. Ryde (in
Norman times called La Rye, or Riche) rises in terraces
from the sea, and presents a very striking appearance.
Its advantages as a watering-place began to attract
attention at the close of the 18th century, when it was
a mere fishing village. It has fine sands, an esplanade
nearly a mile long, a wooden pier 2250 ft. long which
forms a delightful promenade, and public gardens with
an ornamental sheet of water. At the E. end of the
town is the Isle of Wight College, a public school, and
westward of the pier is the club-house of the Royal
Victoria Yacht Club. The building yards are noted
for their boats and yachts. Ryde was made a muni-
cipal borough in 1868.

Rye.—mun. bor., par., ancient town, and cinque
port, Sussex, on river Rother, 11% miles NE. of Hast-
ings by rail—par., 2462 ac., pop. 4667; cinque port
(Rye and its Limb,, viz., Tenterden), 9922 ac., pop.
7844; mun. bor. and ancient town, 974 ac., pop. 4224;
P.O., T.o., and P.O. at Rye Harbour, 2 miles S.; 2
Banks. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Rye is
supposed to have been the Portus Novus of the Romans,
was first chartered by the Confessor, was fortified in
the time of Stephen, was made a cinque port a little
before Henry III.’s reign, and furnished nine ships for
the siege of Calais in the time of Edward III. The
herring and mackerel fisheries are prosecuted. The
exports are wool, corn, timber, oak-bark, and hops, and
the imports are coal and manufactured goods; but the
trade is limited, Rye having lost its former importance
owing to changes in the coast-line, which have placed
the town 2 miles inland. Rye is a sub-port of Folke-
stone. It returned 2 members to Parliament from the
time of Henry III. until 1832, and 1 member from
1832 until 1885.—2. Rye, river, North-Riding Yorkshire;
rises on Wainstone Fell, among the Cleveland Hills,
and flows 35 miles SE., past Helmsley, to the Derwent
3% miles NE. f f Malton.

Rye (or Eastern) Division, pari. div. of Sussex,
pop. 53,665.

Rye Harbour, 2 miles S. of Rye, Sussex; P.O.

Rye Hill.—ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 10% miles
E. of Hull. See Ryhill and Cameeton.—2. Rye Hill.
See Tosson, Great, and Rye Hill.

Rye Honse, ry. sta., in co. and 5% miles SE. of Hert-
ford; adjacent are some remains of the old mansion
which gave name to the plot of 1683 called the Rye
House Plot.

Rye Mill, paperworks, High Wycombe, Bucks.

Rye Water, Dairy par., Ayrshire; flows 7 miles SE.
to river Garnock near Dairy.

Rye Water, cos. Meath and Kildare; flows 12 miles
SE. to river Liffey at Leixlip.

Ryedale, wapentake, North-Riding Yorkshire, 132,648
ac., pop. 19,383; takes its name from the valley of the
Rye, and contains 16 pars, and parts of 4 others.

Ryedale, seat, Troqueer par., Kirkcudbrightshire, on
river Nith, near Dumfries.

Ryefieid, seat, on Lough Ramor, S. co. Cavan, 4%
miles NE. of Oldcastle ry. sta.; P.O.

Ryeford, vil. with ry. sta., Stonehouse par., Glou-
cestershire, 2 miles SE. of Stonehouse.

Ryeltill.—hamlet, in par. and near Epping, Essex.
—2. Rychill, hamlet, 8% miles NAV. of Hexham, North-
umberland.

Rychill, seat, 7 m. N. of Athenry, mid. co. Galway.

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