Charterhouse may refer to: *

Charterhouse (monastery) A charterhouse (; ; ; ; ) is a monastery of Carthusian monks. The English word is derived by phono-semantic matching from the French word ''chartreuse'' and it is therefore sometimes misunderstood to indicate that the houses were created by cha ...

, of the Carthusian religious order Charterhouse may also refer to:

Places

The Charterhouse, Coventry Charterhouse, Coventry (also known as St. Anne's Priory, Coventry) is a grade I listed building on London Road, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England. The current building incorporates remains from the charterhouse of St Anne, the foundati ...

, a former monastery *

Charterhouse School Charterhouse is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charter ...

, an English public school in Surrey

London locations

London Charterhouse The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Clerkenwell, London, dating to the 14th century. It occupies land to the north of Charterhouse Square, and lies within the London Borough of Islington. It was originally built (and ...

, London, England, an historic complex of buildings that originally housed a monastery, now the location of such sites as The Charterhouse Hospital *

Charterhouse Square Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Farringdon, in the London Borough of Islington, and close to the former Smithfield Meat Market. The square is the largest courtyard or yard associated with the London Charterhouse ...

, London, England

Municipalities

Charterhouse, Somerset Charterhouse, also known as Charterhouse-on-Mendip, is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Priddy, in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, E ...

, also Charterhouse-on-Mendip, a hamlet in the Mendip Hills, England *

Charterhouse Roman Town Charterhouse is a name used for a former Roman-British town, located west of the later village of Charterhouse-on-Mendip in Somerset, England. A nearby pre-Roman Iron Age hill fort, Charterhouse Camp, is also located nearby. The Latin name of ...

, a town in the Roman province of Britannia, located close to Charterhouse-on-Mendip *

Hinton Charterhouse Hinton Charterhouse is a small village and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish, which includes the village of Midford, has a population of 515. The village is served by two pubs: t ...

, a village in Somerset, England

Sites of scientific interest

Charterhouse to Eashing Charterhouse to Eashing is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Godalming in Surrey. This is a steep valley cut through a broad flood plain. Much of the site is wooded, with areas of tall fen, grassland and standing water. The ...

, in Surrey, England *

Hinton Charterhouse Field Hinton Charterhouse Field () is a 0.32 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of Hinton Charterhouse in Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom. It was SSSI notified in 1991. The site is situated on a ...

, in Somerset, England *

Hinton Charterhouse Pit Hinton Charterhouse Pit () is a 0.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1971. The Hinton Sands, where a sparse bivalve fauna has been found, i ...

, in Somerset, England

Financial institutions

Charterhouse Bank Charterhouse Bank was a British investment bank formed in 1920. The business would later become part of HSBC. History Charterhouse Bank was incorporated as an investment bank in December 1920. In 1925, Charterhouse Investment Trust was created, w ...

, a UK-based investment bank *

Charterhouse Capital Partners Charterhouse Capital Partners is a London based private equity investment firm focused on investing in European mid-market companies valued between €200m and €1.5bn. The company targets investments across the services, healthcare, specialis ...

, a UK-based private equity firm * Charterhouse Group, a US-based private equity firm

Other uses

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