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Wadham College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham founded the college in 1610. The college, founded for male students only, first admitted female students in 1974.
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Statues of the founders above the main entrance to the Hall
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College entrance on Parks Road
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Front quad
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Hall
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Chapel
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Holywell Music Room
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The Bowra Building by Sir Richard MacCormac
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Holywell Quad, composed mainly of old town houses restored in the 1950s
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Back quad
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