[citation needed] Ashburne Hall was founded in 1900 by Samuel Alexander, R. D. Darbishire, C. P. Scott and Alice B. Cooke as a hall of residence for women students.

The new site was on Wilmslow Road at the corner of Old Hall Lane, Fallowfield.

[1] By 1930 the hall had been extended by new buildings and enriched by the bequest from Lord Morley of his personal library.

[2] Ashburne Hall became a Grade II listed building on 8 June 2012.

[3] In 2023 the Ashburne Hall Archive was transferred to the University of Manchester Library.