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Wye Weather Station
Wye may refer to: Place names *Wye, Kent, a village in Kent, England **Wye College, agricultural college, part of University of London before closure in 2009 ** Wye School, serving the above village **Wye railway station, serving the above village **Wye Racecourse, former horse racing venue **RAF Wye, former aerodrome near the above village *Wye, Montana, a town in Missoula County, Montana, US *Wye, South Australia, a town in South Australia, Australia *Wye River (plantation), was the home of William Paca, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland *Wye River, Victoria, a coastal town in Victoria, Australia *Wye Marsh, a wetland area on the south shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada *Wye Road, Strathcona County, Alberta *Wye House, a large Southern frame plantation house in Talbot County, Maryland *Wye, a fictional province in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series Rivers * River Wye, the major river, flowing through both Wales and England, rising on Plynlimon to the River Severn **Wye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wye, Kent
Wye is a village in Kent, England, from Ashford and from Canterbury. It is the main settlement in the civil parish of Wye with Hinxhill. Hop varieties including Wye Challenger were bred at Wye College and named for the village. In 2013, ''Sunday Times'' readers voted Wye the third best place to live in the UK. History The village's name comes from the Old English "Wēoh" meaning ''idol'' or ''shrine''. Wye may have been used for worship by the pre-Christian Angles. Wye became an important communications centre because of a ford across the River Great Stour connecting with ancient trackways across the North Downs. Romans constructed a road between Canterbury and Hastings using the gap through the North Downs and there have been suggestions the straight Olantigh Road may have been built by them as a separate route from Wye to Canterbury on the east of the River Stour. Remains of an ironworks at the west bank of the river, from that period, have been found. By medieval times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wye Valley Brewery
Wye Valley Brewery is a brewery in the village of Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England, in the Wye Valley. Founded in 1985 by Peter Amor, it has become "one of Britain's leading independent breweries". In 2002 Peter Amor's son, Vernon Amor, became managing director. History and location Wye Valley Brewery traces its ancestry to the Abbey Brewery, which was founded in November 1981 and operated from the owner's garage in Stainton, Rotherham. In mid-1982, Abbey Brewery located to Retford, Nottinghamshire with a capacity of at most 20bbl per week. After being bought in 1983 by Peter Amor, a former brewer for Guinness who also worked for H. P. Bulmer, the brewery was closed, and the brewplant relocated to Canon Pyon, Herefordshire. Another brewery, the Canon Pyon Brewery, had been established in a stable block behind the Nags Head Pub in Canon Pyon since early 1984. Upon the departure of the brewer and brewplant there to establish The Tate Brewery Limited in Bodenham, Herefordshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
