Oxford - Christ Church

Christ Church dispenses with the nomenclature of "college" and is known as "the House". It is one of the largest colleges and was founded in 1525 by Cardinal Wolsey and re-founded after Wolsey's fall by Henry VIII. Tom Tower, which was added by Wren in 1681-82, contains the huge bell weighing over 7 tons known as the Great Tom. Every evening at five minutes past nine it peals 101 times (once for each member of the original college). In earlier times the last peal of the bell was the signal for all college gates to be closed.