Ushaw College

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Ushaw College, Durham

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Motto In Omnibus Sumentes Scutum Fidei
Established 1568
Type Licensed Hall of the University of Durham
President Mgr Terry Drainey
Students 29
Location Ushaw Moor, England
Website http://www.ushaw.ac.uk/
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Early drawing of Ushaw designed (1804-1808) by James Taylor
Early drawing of Ushaw designed (1804-1808) by James Taylor

Ushaw College (St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw) is a Roman Catholic seminary, founded at Douai in France in 1568, which moved to Ushaw Moor, four miles west of Durham in England in 1808 and became a Licensed Hall of the University of Durham in 1968. It is financially, and to some extent administratively, independent of the University. Both Church and lay students study at the college.

Some of the college's buildings are no longer used, and others have been converted into a successful Conference Centre and the St Bede's Institute, which offers courses to the public.

The college buildings are grade II listed. The College Chapel and Refectory were designed and built by Pugin. The original college buildings (1804-1808) were designed by James Taylor.

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The College crest is "Per pale dexter Argent a Cross Gules on a Canton Azure a Cross of St Cuthbert proper sinister impaling Allen Argent three Rabbits couchant in pale Sable."

Various emblems on the crest represent the college's history and foundation, for example:-

  • Three coneys are from the family crest of William Allen.
  • The small Celtic cross represents the College's patron saint(St Cuthbert).
  • The cross of St. George represents the English Catholic Martyrs.

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