They may be miles apart, but Oxford and Bootle have more in common than you may think. Take a wander around the streets of Bootle and you'll stumble across the names of the buildings and colleges affiliated to Oxford University, and St Hugh's is one of these. Compared to many Oxford Colleges, St Hugh's is young, founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth, the great niece of the poet. Using money left by her father, a bishop of Lincoln, she named it after one of the twelfth century predecessors, Hugh of Avalon, who was canonised in 1220, and in whose diocese Oxford had been. Her purpose was to open a small home-like house and it was to enable poorer women to gain an Oxford education. Bruntwood acquired St Hugh's in November 2006. Before this, it had been the home of the Health and Safety Executive.