History
The College was founded in 1882 by Constance Louisa Maynard (1849–1935) and Ann Dudin Brown (1822–1917), who was the founding benefactress and Council member from 1882-1917. Eleanor Constance Lodge was Principal of Westfield from 1921–31 and Kathleen Chesney from 1951-62. Until the mid 1980s residences were still segregated.
In the mid-to-late 1980s, the University of London underwent considerable reorganisation, and many smaller colleges were merged. Consequently, Westfield was merged with Queen Mary College in 1989, forming Queen Mary and Westfield College. Most student accommodation, administrative offices and several academic departments continued to be based at the Hampstead campus until 1992, however, and the College retained its separate identity. The new, combined, College was finally located at Queen Mary's site in Mile End, East London from 1992 onwards. However, some departments moved to King's College London and many academic staff moved to other colleges, such as Royal Holloway College.
The history of the College called "Castle Adamant in Hampstead", was published in 1983 by Janet Sondheimer.
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