Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . 20 Aldeng Oxford Guide,. Hertford College.—New College. 2l 11. Hertford College, founded as Hart Hall (Aula Cerrina)by Elias de Hertford in 1284. It was created a college by royalcharter in 1740, but enjoyed only a brief career; and in 1820,when old Magdalen Hall* was destroyed by fire, the society wasremoved to this building, which then took the name of MagdalenHall. In 1S74 the original title Hertford College * was restoredby Act of Parliament, and the college re-incorporated. In recent years considerable improvem
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . 20 Aldeng Oxford Guide,. Hertford College.—New College. 2l 11. Hertford College, founded as Hart Hall (Aula Cerrina)by Elias de Hertford in 1284. It was created a college by royalcharter in 1740, but enjoyed only a brief career; and in 1820,when old Magdalen Hall* was destroyed by fire, the society wasremoved to this building, which then took the name of MagdalenHall. In 1S74 the original title Hertford College * was restoredby Act of Parliament, and the college re-incorporated. In recent years considerable improvements have been carried out The twovery plain wings of the W. front, built 1S22, in the s<-called classic tastethen prevalent, have been connected by a handsome Entrance (Gateway, withnew Hall and other apartments, from designs by Mr. T. G. Tackson, whichimpart to this elevation a boldness and variety of outline to which it was beforea stranger. Some remains still exist of the original Hart Hall, of which manyeminent men were members, as Tyndale the early translator of the New Testa-ment, good
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