Wye (Kent)

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Wye is a village in the English county of Kent . Wye is on the Great Stour between Canterbury and Hastings . The parish has around 2300 inhabitants.

Wye College

Parish Church of St. Gregory and Martin

The Wye Campus of the Imperial College of London was founded as a Latin school in 1447 by Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor John Kemp . In 1898 the college was incorporated into the University of London as a school for agriculture. A well-known graduate is John Seymour .

Attractions

Known residents

In 1779 the doctor Charles Scudamore, teacher of Alfred Baring Garrod , was born in Wye .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 56 ″  N , 0 ° 56 ′ 16 ″  E