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'''St Peter's College''' is a constituent college of the [[University of Oxford]], [[Oxford]], [[England]], located in [[New Inn Hall Street]]. It occupies the site of two of the University's oldest Inns, or medieval hostels, [[Bishop Trellick]]'s, later '''New Inn Hall''', and '''Rose Hall''', both of which were founded in the [[13th century]]. These were initially part of the University in their own right ([[William Blackstone]] became the Principal of New Inn Hall after being appointed the [[Vinerian Professor]] of Law]] at Oxford). The two halls later became part of [[Balliol College]].

However, its history really began in [[1929]] when '''St Peter's Hall''' was founded by [[Francis James Chavasse]], [[Bishop]] of [[Liverpool]], who was concerned at the rising cost of education in the older universities in [[Britain]], and projected St Peter's as a College where promising students, who might otherwise be deterred by the costs of College life elsewhere, could obtain an Oxford education. The commitment to make Oxford accessible to any student of ability, irrespective of means, remains a feature of St Peter's today.