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Denman College

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Residential courses at Denman lasted between one and four nights, and non-residential day courses were also offered. Course subject areas included arts, crafts, music, history, sport, technology and more. Denman was also the home of the WI Cookery School.
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In July 2020 the trustees announced that they could no longer afford to run Denman at a loss, and proposed its permanent closure.
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was updated to include the WI connection, as were records for three other buildings of WI significance.
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in around 1820. Its most well-known resident was Duffield's grandfather-in-law, the infamous miser,
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and on 9 November 2015, the centenary of the first WI meeting in England, Denman's entry in the
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In July 2020 the NFWI trustees announced the proposed permanent closure of the college.
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house was previously called Marcham Park and stands on the site of the original
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National Federation of Women's Institutes (13 February 2020).
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The college was formally established in 1948, and named after
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Adult education
Marcham
51°40′8.04″N 1°20′49.2″W / 51.6689000°N 1.347000°W / 51.6689000; -1.347000
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adult education
Marcham
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
National Federation of Women’s Institutes
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manor house
grange
Abingdon Abbey
Thomas Duffield
John Elwes
Grade II listed
National Heritage List for England

Lady Denman
Historic England
"Denman (1368564)"
National Heritage List for England
"Women's Institute buildings relisted for centenary/"
"About Denman College: History"
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"Important update about Denman"
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"Denman – our college"

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