Lady Margaret Hall (Oxford University)
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LADY MARGARET HALL (OXFORD UNIVERSITY)
Country: United Kingdom
Campus/location : Oxford
Official blazon
Or, on a chevron between in chief two talbots passant and in base a bell azure, a portcullis of the field.
Origin/meaning
The Hall was founded in 1878 and named after Henry VII's mother. The arms show talbots passant (for Bishop Talbot one of the founders) and in base a bell azure (from the arms of Wordsworth, Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth being the first Principal) and a portcullis of the field (for Lady Margaret Beaufort).
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