St Anselm Hall
Encyclopedia
St Anselm Hall is a hall of residence in the Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Manchester
Victoria Park is an suburban area of Manchester, England. Victoria Park lies approximately 3 kilometres south of Manchester city centre, between Rusholme and Longsight.It is east of Wilmslow Road and west of Anson Road.-History and description:...

 campus of the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

.

The hall was founded by the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 in 1907 and licensed by the University as an official hall of residence. The University bought it in 1956 and subsequently extended it from a capacity of about 70 to its current capacity of 130 students. The hall building is a Grade II Listed building.

The main hall is divided up into wings, each with individual names:
  • Schuster - the main part of the hall which was formerly Kent House and formerly the property of the exceptional mathematical physicist Arthur Schuster
    Arthur Schuster
    Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster FRS was a German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics...

    .
  • Dewar - the first extension wing named after the 4th Warden of the Hall Revd. Canon Dewar (1922-1927)
  • Manor - part of the extensions to the hall carried out in the 1960s
  • Summerfield - part of the extensions to the hall carried out in the 1960s
  • The Warden's Lodge - a detached house in the hall grounds built for 8th Warden Revd. Canon Prof. Preston (1948-1963)


The hall is a single sex all male hall of residence. Possibly the last university owned residence of this type in the UK.

Hall graces

The usual hall grace given before Formal Hall is Benedictus benedicat (May the Blessed One give a blessing). After dinner the grace given is Benedicto benedicatur (Let praise be given to the Blessed One (if you believe Benedicto is dative); or Let a Blessing be given by the Blessed One (if you believe Benedicto is ablative)).

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK