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Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

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Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Lady Margaret Hall accepts both undergraduate and graduate students. However undergraduates form the significant majority of the student population of the college, and some student facilities operate at a more restricted level outside undergraduate [dates].

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History

Lady Margaret Hall, the first women's college in Oxford, was founded in 1879 by Elizabeth Wordsworth, a great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth. It was named for Lady Margaret Beaufort, a medieval noblewoman and mother of King Henry VII, known for her exceptional learning and high birth. The college's original house, Old Old Hall, is still in use. Its first nine students were (by rule) Anglicans, and Somerville College opened as a non-sectarian Oxford alternative a year later. In 1979, along with most of the other women's colleges, it decided to admit men as well as women.

The College

Lady Margaret Hall is one of the few Oxford colleges on the River Cherwell, and is known for its punting and its spacious grounds, which occupy about twelve acres. Just behind the main buildings, which are neo-Georgian in style, made from red brick with white trim, are a set of playing fields and tennis courts, as well as a manicured Fellows' Garden, hidden from view by tall hedgerows. Giles Gilbert Scott, famous for designing Liverpool Cathedral and the K2 red telephone box designed the college's Byzantine-style chapel. Members of the college refer to Lady Margaret Hall as L.M.H. Its colours are yellow, white and blue, and its motto is "Souvent me Souviens", a French phrase meaning "Often remember me". The bell in the clock above the lodge rings hourly between 08:00 and 22:00.

In 2005, the architect firm John Simpson and Partners was selected to design a programme of significant developments to the college. [link]

In Summer 2006 the College opened a new Law Library in the space underneath the current library, which was opened in December by Cherie Booth QC.

Access to the river allows the College to operate a punt house popular with students and tourists alike.

LMH currently demands one of the highest rents for undergraduates in Oxford at over £1000 per eight week term.

Long term residents of the college are the ducks which can be frequently seen waddling across the quad. One of these, Reg, was recently granted full membership of the Junior Common Room in order to stand for JCR Presidential elections.

Notable former students

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See also .


Colleges of the University of Oxford

All Souls | Balliol | Brasenose | Christ Church | Corpus Christi | Exeter | Green | Harris Manchester | Hertford | Jesus | Keble | Kellogg | Lady Margaret Hall | Linacre | Lincoln | Magdalen | Mansfield | Merton | New College | Nuffield | Oriel | Pembroke | Queen's | St Anne's | St Antony's | St Catherine's | St Cross | St Edmund Hall | St Hilda's | St Hugh's | St John's | St Peter's | Somerville | Templeton | Trinity | University | Wadham | Wolfson | Worcester
Permanent Private Halls at the University of Oxford
Blackfriars | Campion Hall | Greyfriars | Regent's Park College | St Benet's Hall | St Stephen's House | Wycliffe Hall

 

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