Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to support it. An important feature of de Merton's foundation was that this "college" was to be self-governing and the endowments were directly vested in the Warden and Fellows.By 1274, when Walter retired from royal service and made his final revisions to the college statutes, the community was consolidated at its present site in the south east corner of the city of Oxford, and a rapid programme of building commenced.
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Guided tour: £5
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_College,_Oxford
Official website http://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/
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Phone +44 1865 276310
Address Merton Street, Oxford, OX1 4JD, UK
Coordinates 51°45'3.6" N -1°15'7.2" E
