==1870-1874==
In 1868 Father Richard Meux Benson (1824-1915) was responsible for developing the site. He moved into east Oxford in 1868 to serve the spiritual, educational and social needs of the growing working-class population. Using Meux family money he purchased the site in 1870. St. John's Hospital for Incurables, opened in 1873, formed another element of this project <ref name="historicEngland"/>.
==Before then?==