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| Greyfriars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| University of Oxford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Iffley Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°44′48″N 1°14′25″W / 51.746801°N 1.240168°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | My God and My All | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Named for | The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Grosseteste House (1919–1930) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warden | Mark Elvins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | c. 50 (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greyfriars is a Roman Catholic friary and parish located in East Oxford, which until 2008 was also a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. Situated on the Iffley Road in East Oxford, it was one of the smallest constituent halls of the university. Its status as a permanent private hall (PPH) derived from the fact that it was governed by an outside institution (the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a Franciscan religious order), rather than by the fellows of the University as a constituent college is.
In 2007 the decision was made to close the hall, with students transferred to Regent's Park College. The buildings continue to host the friary which formerly co-existed with the hall.
Greyfriars has one of the most distinctive buildings in Oxford; it is the only flint-stone Norman-style building in the city, and its green spire is prominently visible along the Iffley Road and from the university's Roger Bannister running track.