Images from the history of LMH


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LMH's first students, 1879. The Principal, Elizabeth Wordsworth, is at the centre. First students again Elizabeth Wordsworth, great-niece of the poet, was the founding Principal of LMH. The College in 1886 10 years on Oxford women are looking less austere; this is the class of 1889 The class of 1899 An early hockey team LMH students have always enjoyed punting on the River Cherwell LMH Punt House Named for the first Principal and designed by Reginald Blomfield, Wordsworth was the College's third building. The class of 1914 Talbot Hall was completed in 1910, and gave the College a new Library, now an elegant reception room. The team of LMH maids Laying the tables in Hall Wartime students dig for victory Student sitting room College from the croquet lawn, 1957 In 1960 the Queen opened the new library, designed by Raymond Erith. An aerial shot taken by helicopter, 1961. A French class Brewer's Garage and petrol station once occupied part of the College site. The Chapel is behind. Antifreeze one shilling a pint off! The LMH library is behind. Brewer's garage made way for the new building site when work began in 2008. Construction work takes place on the Wolfson Buildings, mid 1960's. A crane dismantles sections of the temporary wooden bridge that once crossed the road and linked the Library to the Deneke building. Amongst the building materials stands a lone lamp post; a final reminder of the road which had once made a left turn outside the Talbot building. The buildings were designed by Raymon Erith and opened on Wednesday October 25th 1966 by the Chancellor of the University. (LMH Archives, Album 5)