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Manor Hall is a student hall of residence at the University of Bristol. [1] Situated in the Georgian/Victorian suburb of Clifton , Bristol , it provides self-catering accommodation for around 340 residents, both in the main hall itself and also in a number of nearby surrounding annexes.
The main hall was erected between 1927 and 1932 [10] as a women's hall of residence in the grounds of its present annex Manor House, from which the Hall takes its name. [ 10 ] The main building houses around 150 students, with music room, library, common room, bar, and computer room, all of which are accessible to all of the hall's residents.
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The name Wills Hall reflects the university's connection with the Wills family. The fortune made by their famous tobacco empire, W. D. & H. O. Wills and later Imperial Tobacco, enabled Henry Overton Wills III to fund the university's foundation in 1908 with a pledge of £100,000 and he financed many of its finest buildings, such as the Wills Memorial Building.
Clifton Hill House is a Grade I listed [1] Palladian villa in the Clifton area of Bristol, England. It was the first hall of residence for women in south-west England in 1909 due to the efforts of May Staveley. It is still used as a hall of residence by the University of Bristol.
Arnos Manor Hotel (formerly Mount Pleasant, Arnos Court or Arno's Court) is an 18th-century house, now a hotel, in Brislington, a southern suburb of the City of Bristol in south-west England. The original house dates from the 17th century.
Stephen of Blois reconnoitred Bristol in 1138 and claimed that the town was impregnable. [2] After Stephen's capture, in 1141, he was imprisoned in the castle. [3] The castle was later taken into royal hands, [4] and Henry III spent lavishly on it, adding a barbican before the main west gate, a gate tower, and a magnificent hall. [5]
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