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at the start of Michaelmas Term 1864 due to falling student numbers. The students in residence were transferred partly to University College and partly to Bishop Hatfield's Hall, while Hornby returned to Brasenose, and would later become headmaster of
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The high level of applications for admission to Hatfield Hall led the university to decide to establish a second hall to operate on the same basis, and in October 1851 Bishop Cosin's Hall was opened. Its name was in honour of
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University House was transferred from University College to the new college as its home. The founding principal was Revd John Pedder, a Durham graduate who had previously been bursar at University College.
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The building has retained the name "Cosin's Hall". It continued to be used by University College for accommodation and offices until 2006, after which it was taken over by the university's
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The first students took residence in Michaelmas Term 1833, under the supervision of the Bursar. A hall was created on the ground floor of the house, with student rooms above and below.
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was granted to the university and became the primary home of University College, with University House being retained as additional accommodation for the college.
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took place in 1861-2 and made extensive recommendations, but did not have enough immediate effect to save Bishop Cosin's Hall, which was merged into
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A collapse in student numbers in the late 1850s and 1860s led to financial difficulties for the university. In 1860, Hornby wrote to
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In 1854 Pedder moved to become principal at Bishop Hatfield's Hall, and his place was taken by 28-year-old Revd
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This article is about the former Durham University hall. For the current occupants of the building, see
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Later caricature of principal J J Hornby in 1900, after his retirement as headmaster of Eton College
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and a noted rower. From 1859, Hornby was also vice-master of University College.
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The Students' Apartments are in the Archdeacon's Inn, on the Palace Green
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Archdeacon's Inn was built around 1700, as a city residence for the
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The building subsequently became known as "University House".
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and the residence of the university's first students.
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Cosin's Hall
Institute of Advanced Study (Durham)
University of Durham
The building that housed Bishop Cosin's Hall

Palace Green
Coordinates
54°46′29″N 1°34′31″W / 54.774590°N 1.575220°W / 54.774590; -1.575220
John Cosin
Bishop Cosin's Hall is located in Durham, England
Listed Building
college
University of Durham
John Cosin
Palace Green

Edward Bradley
Archdeacon of Northumberland
Diocese of Durham
Diocese of Newcastle
University of Durham
University College
Durham Castle
David Melville
Bishop Hatfield's Hall
Oxford
Cambridge
John Cosin
James John Hornby
Brasenose College, Oxford

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