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Grey College
Grey College in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
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Grey College is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Grey College is a college of Durham University in England, founded in 1959 as part of the university's expansion of its student population. The college is named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of the university's foundation; an alternative name considered was Cromwell College, but this proved controversial and lost by a single vote in the final selection. The student population of Grey College consists of around 1,351 students, made up of just over 1,200 undergraduate students and a further 150 postgraduate students. The college is fully catered.
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Background
History
Founded in 1959, Grey was the first college of the university's post-war expansion, It was also the last college founded before the separation of Durham and Newcastle in 1963. The college initially only admitted men, but has been mixed since 1984. Fountains Hall was completed in 1971 and the Lattin Chapel, named after former college bursar Frank Lattin, was consecrated on 18 November 1973 by the Bishop of Durham, John Habgood. During the 1966 World Cup, Grey College was home to the Soviet Union's football team who were playing their group matches in Sunderland and Middlesbrough. They won all their matches while based in Durham, but eventually lost to West Germany in the semi-finals. Grey…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7649, -1.5755
- Established
- 1959
Sources
- wikidata: Q5608127 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Grey College, Durham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Grey College?
- Grey College is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7649°, -1.5755°.
- When was Grey College built?
- Grey College dates to 1959.