Mansfield College

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Mansfield College was founded in 1886 by the Congregation­alists. This was a natural development from the University's final removal of religious restrictions, following the Test Act of Glad­stone in 1871. This removed the last objections to the entry of non-Anglicans into University life, leading to an influx of Non­conformists.

Mansfield's foundation is derived from Spring Hill College, Birmingham, which had been founded in 1830 as a Congrega­tionalist theological college. Its endowments were transferred to Mansfield, the name commemorating George Stover Mansfield and his sister Mrs. Sarah Glover, the two chief founders of Spring Hill.

While forming a part of the University, Mansfield differs from the older colleges and is one of three 'Permanent Private Halls' created under modern statutes, Campion Hall for members of the Society of Jesus, St. Benet's Hall for Benedictines, and Mansfield College primarily for the training of graduates as Congregationalist ministers.

The buildings, designed by Basil Champneys, are imposing, forming an open quadrangle, and bear comparison with the best of 'modern' Oxford.

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Charles Broadhurst was born in Birmingham on 22nd August 1903 but moved with his family to Oxford when he was very young. He did not realise his talent until a footballing injury gave him time to experiment with pencil and paper.

Now 90 years on, and just short of 100 images later, his sons are making his artistry available to the world at large. Not all images will be made available but the expectation is that the list available for purchase will eventually number close to 60.

In both A3 (297 x 420 mm, 11.69 x 16.54 inches, £15) and A4 (210 x 297 mm 8.27 x 11.69 inches, £10) sizes the prints available for sale are taken directly from the original pen and ink drawings, using the latest reprographic techniques.

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