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Allen Hall Seminary

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Allen Hall Seminary, often abbreviated to Allen Hall, is the Roman Catholic seminary and theological college of the Province of Westminster at 28 Beaufort Street in Chelsea, London, in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is situated on the site of the house that was once occupied by St Thomas More. Though nothing of the house remains parts of the 16th-century garden wall exist today.

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Allen Hall Seminary
Beaufort Street, London World's End (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)

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Beaufort Street 28
SW3 5AA London, World's End (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
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