Wells Theological College began operation in 1840 within the Cathedral Close of Wells Cathedral.[1] It was one of several new colleges created in the nineteenth century to cater not just for non-graduates, but for graduates from the old universities who wished to receive specialist clerical training in preparation for ordination into the Church of England.[2] It was founded by Bishop Law.[3]
In 1971 it merged with Salisbury Theological College, the students moved to Salisbury, and the new institution became known as the Salisbury & Wells Theological College, now Sarum College.
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- ^ Dowland, David A. (1997). Nineteenth-century Anglican Theological Training: The Redbrick Challenge. Clarendon Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 9780198269298. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Kelly, Edward Robert (1875). Somersetshire. Oxford University. p. 502. Retrieved 7 October 2015.