What is Wye: Definition and 25 Discussions

The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye, more commonly known as Wye College, was an educational institution in the small village of Wye, Kent, England, 60 miles (100 km) east of London in the North Downs area.
Founded in 1447 by John Kempe, the Archbishop of York, as a college for the training of priests, in 1894, the school moved to new premises, and the South Eastern Agricultural College was established in the buildings with Alfred Daniel Hall as principal. In 1898, Wye became a School of Agriculture within the University of London. Until 2005, Wye College was a well-known study and research centre in the fields of rural business and management, biological sciences, and the environment and agriculture. The college was officially closed by its then owner, Imperial College London, in September 2009.
Today, buildings that formerly housed Wye College have been repurposed as the Mind Campus in Withersdane Hall, a substance abuse rehabilitation clinic, and Wye School, a school for children of year seven and up. The main campus and several other buildings have been owned by Telareal Trillium since 2015 who are developing a masterplan involving some new housing.

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  1. Ambience

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  2. Istiak

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  3. R

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  4. Frankenstein19

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  5. Marcin H

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  6. J

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  7. R

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  8. Aristotle

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  9. R

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  10. Domenico94

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  11. Julian102

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  12. T

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  13. B

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  14. J

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  15. psparky

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  16. P

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  17. M

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  18. M

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  19. J

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  20. S

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  21. A

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  22. C

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  23. T

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  24. M

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  25. C

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