the "wye campus of the imperial college of london" (initially as "wye college") was founded in 1447 as a latin school and seminary by john cardinal kempe, archbishop of canterbury and lord chancellor. it has been part of london university since 1900. until 2005 it was an agricultural college: events in 2005 changed that, but the somewhat fraught situation that arose in 2005 regarding the possibility of large scale development. this was the subject of a local campaign to oppose development on the area of outstanding natural beauty through a local group, wye future group, the campaign was also documented by local author david hewson in his book "saved", now open-source.. a village website - wyeweb.org - remained open for residents to express their concerns until this year, 2017, having started its life in 2007.