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- St Hilda's has stood against the tide of colleges giving up their single-sex status, and is now the only all-female college in Oxford. It owes its existence to Dorothea Beale, the Principal of Cheltenham Ladies College, who wanted to provide an Oxford education for some of her pupils. To achieve this, she opened a residential hall in Oxford in 1893 and named it St Hilda's Hall, after a 7th-century abbess from Whitby in Yorkshire. In the early years, St Hilda's had close links with the Teacher Training College at Cheltenham but these links were broken when women were finally admitted to Oxford University in 1920. The college now also boasts an acclaimed classical music venue: the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, home to many concerts and performances. Visit the website to see what events are coming up.
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- Oxford OX4 1DY
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