St Hugh's College
| St Hugh's College | |
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| Oxford | |
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Blazon: Azure, a saltire ermine, between four fleurs-de-lys or.
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| Location | St Margaret's Road |
| Coordinates | 51°45′56″N 1°15′48″W / 51.765675°N 1.263406°WCoordinates: 51°45′56″N 1°15′48″W / 51.765675°N 1.263406°W |
| Full name | The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford |
| Latin name | Collegium Sancti Hugonis |
| Established | 1886 |
| Named for | Saint Hugh of Lincoln |
| Sister college | Clare College, Cambridge |
| Principal | Elish Angiolini |
| Undergraduates | 432 (2011/2012) |
| Postgraduates | 245 (2011/2012) |
| Website | www |
| Boat club | Boat Club Website |
| Map | |
 Location in Oxford city centre
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St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is located on a 14.5-acre (5.9-hectare) site on St Margaret's Road, to the north of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986.
It enjoys a reputation as one of the most attractive colleges because of its extensive, pleasant gardens. In its 125th anniversary year, the college became a registered charity under the name 'The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford'. As of July 2013, the college's financial endowment was £25.7 million.
St Hugh's was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth (great-niece of the famous poet William Wordsworth) to help the growing number of women "who find the charges of the present Halls at Oxford and Cambridge (even the most moderate) beyond their means". Using money left to her by her father, who had been Bishop of Lincoln, she established the college at 25 Norham Road in North Oxford. She named the college after one of her father's 13th-century predecessors, Hugh of Avalon, who was canonised in 1220, and in whose diocese Oxford had been.
The college was initially accommodated in properties in Norham Road, Norham Gardens and Fyfield Road. Its first six students were Annie Moberly, Jessie Annie Emmerson, Charlotte Jourdain, Constance E. Ashburner, Wilhemina J. de Lorna Mitchell and Grace J. Parsons. Students were required to ask the Principal before accepting invitations to visit friends, and the college gates were locked at 9pm. Records show that rent was between £18 and £21 a term depending on the size of the room, with fires being charged extra.
The college began to move to its present site in 1913, when it purchased the lease of a house called 'The Mount' from the Rev Robert Hartley for £2,500. This house was situated on the corner of St Margaret's Road and Banbury Road, and was owned by University College. The house was demolished to make way for the Main Building of the college, which was constructed between 1914 and 1916 thanks to a gift from Clara Evelyn Mordan; the college's new library was named Mordan Hall in her honour. The first book was a copy of Sale's Koran, which was given to the college by the then Bishop of Tokyo.
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