Fordham University was founded by the Reverend John Hughes, Bishop of New York as Saint John’s College in 1841, and was the first Catholic institution of higher learning in the northeastern United States. Fordham was granted a charter by the New York state legislature in 1846, and in 1907 changed its name to Fordham University. As of 2003, Fordham provided an education to over 8,000 undergraduate students, and over 7,000 graduate students. Fordham awards Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees.
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The Fordham varsity sports teams all use the nickname "Rams". Their colors are maroon and white. The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic Ten Conference in all sports except football. In football, the Rams play in the Patriot League of NCAA Division I-AA, and were champions of that league in 2003.
Fordham has no railway station, but there were two nearby: Marks Tey built in 1843, three miles to the south of the parish, on the London- Colchester main line, and Chappel, two miles west of the parish, on the Marks Tey-Sudbury line built in 1849.
At Fordham Heath and Quilters Green small pieces of manorial waste, usually of less than 1 a., were inclosed in the late 18th century and the 19th and some cottages were built.
In 1895 the parish council allocated allotments to the cot- tages at Fordham Heath.
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