Wye (Kent)
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
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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
- The parish church of St. Gregory and Martin
- Wye Crown - On the North Downs east of the village, a crown was scratched in chalk in honor of Edward VII's accession to the throne in 1902.
Known residents
- Aphra Behn (1640–1689), writer
- John Kemp (1380–1454), Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor
- Catherine Macaulay (1731–1791), historian and suffragette
In 1779 the doctor Charles Scudamore, teacher of Alfred Baring Garrod , was born in Wye .
Web links
Commons : Wye, Kent - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official homepage ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 56 ″ N , 0 ° 56 ′ 16 ″ E