Allen Hall is the seminary of the Province of Westminster, England. It is named after Cardinal William Allen who founded a seminary in Douai, France, in 1568 to provide for the English mission in time of persecution.[1]
In 1793, the professors and students moved from Douai to Ware, Hertfordshire to escape the French revolution and founded St. Edmund's College. In 1975 the seminary moved to Chelsea, London (allowing St. Edmund's to expand as a school) and became Allen Hall.[2]