Talk:Charsley's Hall

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I am mystified by the tag {{csb-wikipage|1=Charsley's Hall}}, which I shall now remove. The page, only just started, cannot be copied from itself. Moonraker (talk) 19:30, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Discrepancies

I have found some discrepancies in the sources and want to note them here before updating the text. This is not surprising as the article is based on sources which mention Charsley's Hall briefly.

1) The reference to Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7 (1874), p. 174: "To these may be added Charsley's Hall, being a private hall under the mastership of WH Charsley, in virtue of a statute passed in 1854..." appears to be incorrect. I have found a description of the passing of the statute allowing private halls in 1855 in W R Ward' Victorian Oxford, reissued 2016 and accessed via Google books. This agrees with a copy of the university statutes of 1876 (Statuta Universitatis Oxoniensis mdccclxxvi), also on Google books, where the section De Aulis Privatis on p275 is dated 1855.

2) The list of halls for 1897 (Marcon's, Turrell's, Grindle's, and St Edmund Hall) based on Whitaker's Almanack p. 258 needs to be clarified. The article on Campion Hall states that Fr. Richard Clarke opened a Private Hall called 'Clarke's Hall' in September 1896. The article on St Mary Hall, Oxford states that it was an academic hall of the University of Oxford associated with Oriel College since 1326, which functioned independently from 1545 to 1902.81.86.211.166 (talk) 14:54, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

1) Date of university statute on private halls changed to 1855 (and reference to statutes added) as Chambers's Encyclopaedia conflicts with other sources.

2) List of halls for 1897 reworded to reflect reference in Whitaker's Almanack to Oxford University Calendar for 1895, which explains the absence of Clarke's Hall. Mention of St Edmund Hall deleted as it was not a private hall and was therefore less relevant to Charsley's or Marcon's Hall. Also P254 of the same almanack states "Two of the old lodging-houses, or "Halls" kept by graduates still remain at Oxford", not just one.81.86.211.166 (talk) 15:22, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

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Hi Moonraker, thank you for writing the above article in 2011. you found some interesting information about how private halls operated in the nineteenth century. I intend to add a paragraph about private halls to "Colleges of the University of Oxford", with a link to your article, in due course.81.86.211.166 (talk) 08:49, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi again, I have now set up an account. I think there is a typo in your article on William Henry Charsley: it says he was Master from 1865 to 1891 and then that he founded Charsley's Hall in 1856. I believe that they should both be 1865 as you reference Oxford University Calendar 1866, which lists only 4 undergraduates.TSventon (talk) 09:25, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for spotting what looked like a contradiction. I have found and added a citation for the hall having been founded in 1851, a few years before my first estimate. I can’t find one for when Charsley took on the title of Master, but clearly it came later, after the university statute that’s mentioned. I guess the original foundation may have been simply when Charsley set up his household or began to take in undergraduates. Sources are hard to find. Moonraker (talk) 23:07, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, there do seem to be two dates. Could you add a reference for becoming Master in 1865 to the William Henry Charsley article? Page 254 of the 1891 edition of Whitaker's Almanac you referenced says that Charsley was elected in 1866 (and Henry Turrell in 1880). Also can I copy this discussion onto the Charsley's Hall talk page?TSventon (talk) 13:50, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

TSventon, please do. Moonraker (talk) 15:00, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Opening and closing dates

Moonraker, I have now found more references for the opening year of Charsley's Hall, so I will update the article shortly:

• The Encyclopaedia of Oxford (via Google books) says that it was open for "twenty-nine years ... 1862-91", which is consistent with "For nearly thirty years" in The History of the University of Oxford.
• The 1859 Oxford University calendar (1858 information) lists Litton's Hall as the only private hall.
• The 1863 Oxford University calendar (1862 information) lists Charsley's Hall as the only private hall, with a Licensed Master, William Henry Charsley, and one Commoner, Francis John Charsley Carter, presumably a relative.
• The report of the University Commissioners in 1874 says that the lease on Charsley's Hall was granted on 1 March 1863.
• Whitaker’s Almanack for 1891 seems to be wrong: 1851 on p. 641 is before the statute allowing private halls, 1866 on p. 254 is after the listing in the University Calendar for 1863. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TSventon (talk • contribs) 11:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Moonraker, apologies for not signing the above and thus not pinging you. Most sources seem to say that Charsley's Hall closed in 1891 and reopened as Marcon's Hall in 1892. This is corroborated by an advert for the reopening of the hall in 1892, placed by Marcon in the Oxford University Gazette in 1891. I interpret the 1891 in Crockford's as the start of the process of reopening the hall. TSventon (talk) 01:49, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

TSventon, good work! I am busy for now with other things and will leave this to you. Moonraker (talk) 17:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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