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The first academic houses were monastic halls. Of the dozens established during the 12th–15th centuries, none survived the Reformation.The modern Dominican permanent private hall of Blackfriars (1921) is a descendant of the original (1221), and is sometimes described as heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford.
The college is named for its first patroness, Queen Philippa. Established in January 1341 'under the name of the Hall of the Queen's scholars of Oxford' (sub nomine aule scholarium Regine de Oxon), the college was subsequently called the 'Queen's Hall', 'Queenhall' and 'Queen's College'. The Queen's College, Oxford Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c.
The college annexe on Staverton Road in North Oxford houses undergraduate students during their second year and some graduate students. [ 20 ] The college also owns the University College Boathouse (completed in 2007 and designed by Belsize architects ) [ 21 ] and a sports ground, which is located nearby on Abingdon Road .
The college entrance is on the north side of High Street, whilst it has a long frontage onto Radcliffe Square. To its east is The Queen's College, whilst Hertford College is to the north of All Souls. The current warden (head of the college) is Sir John Vickers, a graduate of Oriel College, Oxford.
St Hilda's was the first women's college in Oxford and Cambridge to create a women's VIII in 1911. It was St Hilda's student H.G. Wanklyn who formed OUWBC and coxed in the inaugural Women's Boat Race of 1927 , with five Hilda's rowers.
People associated with the University of Oxford by college (46 C) Alumni of the University of Oxford (6 C, 3,546 P) Fellows of colleges of the University of Oxford (43 C)
Oxford College may refer to: The University of Oxford, collegiate research university located in Oxford, England; Colleges of the University of Oxford. There are various institutions in Oxford that use the phrase "Oxford College" in their name, but have no connections with the University; Oxford College of Emory University in Oxford, Georgia, USA
The head of the college is the Dean of Christ Church. [17] Christ Church is unique among Oxford colleges in that its Head of House, who is head of both college and cathedral, must be an Anglican cleric appointed by the Crown as dean of the cathedral church. The dean lives on site in a grand 16th-century house in the main quadrangle.