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Oriel holds the record for the longest name in Oxford, since its official
name is 'The Provost and Scholars of the House of the Blessed Mary the
Virgin in Oxford, commonly called Oriel College, the foundation of Edward
the Second of famous memory, sometime King of England'. It was at the centre
of the Oxford Movement in the 19th century, but in recent times has become
more famous for rowing, having finished Head of the River in most of the
last 25 years of the 20th century. It also has the dubious honour of being
the last Oxford college to admit women (1984). |
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