Title
Campion Hall
Subject
The Catholic halls
Description
In 1871, Catholics were allowed to be full members of the University of Oxford, but until 1896 the Pope barred them from attending. On the removal of the ban, Catholic Halls began to be founded. The first one, now called Campion Hall, was established by the Jesuits in 1896. Originally situated in St Giles, it grew too big for the site, and in 1834 the architect Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) designed a new building for it on Brewer Street. It became a Permanent Private Hall of the University in 1918.
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Publisher
Museum of Oxford
Rights
Photo credit: Steve Cadman, CC BY-SA 2.0
Alt text
Photograph of a large stone building. Trees in the foreground.
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