Editing Campion Hall, Oxford (section)

===Origins===
The origins of Campion Hall began on 9 September 1896 when Fr Richard Clarke, who was a former member of [[St John's College, Oxford]], opened a [[private hall of the University of Oxford|private hall]] called Clarke's Hall. He was sent by his superiors from the [[Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street]], in London to [[Oxford Oratory|St. Aloysius Church]] in Oxford to set up a hall for Jesuit undergraduates. He founded a small house at 40 [[St Giles', Oxford]], and was the first master of the hall. On 10 September 1896 the hall had its first four students. The hall allowed Jesuits to study for degrees from the University of Oxford.<ref>The Reckoned Expense: Edmund Campion and the Early English Jesuit, page ix, Woodbridge 1996</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web |url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/1st-october-1971/4/on-the-other-side-the-statutes-of-the-university-o |title=On the other side, the Statutes of the University of |website=catholicherald.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927080506/http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/1st-october-1971/4/on-the-other-side-the-statutes-of-the-university-o |archive-date=2013-09-27}}</ref>

The rented accommodation that was originally used was too small and 15 months later the hall was moved to Middleton Hall at 11 [[St Giles', Oxford|St Giles']], which was leased to the Society of Jesus until 1936.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/stgiles/tour/east/11.htm |title=No. 11: Middleton Hall/St John's House |website=headington.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208093739/http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/stgiles/tour/east/11.htm |archive-date=2014-12-08}}</ref>