Charterhouse
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A Charterhouse is a Carthusian
monastery
. The word is derived from Chartreuse, the first monastery of the order having been established in a valley of the Chartreuse Mountains
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It can refer to numerous monasteries:
It can also refer to:
Financial institutions
Places
Sites of scientific interest
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Carthusian
The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
. The word is derived from Chartreuse, the first monastery of the order having been established in a valley of the Chartreuse Mountains
Chartreuse Mountains
The Chartreuse Mountains is a mountain range in eastern France, stretching to the north from the city of Grenoble to the Lac du Bourget. It is the southernmost range in the Jura Mountains and belongs to the French Prealps....
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It can refer to numerous monasteries:
It can also refer to:
Financial institutions
- Charterhouse Bank
- Charterhouse Capital PartnersCharterhouse Capital PartnersCharterhouse Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout of established, substantial businesses, based in Western Europe...
, a UK-based private equity firm - Charterhouse GroupCharterhouse GroupCharterhouse Group is private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in the US.The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 1973 and is one of the oldest buyout firms in the US...
, private equity firm - Charterhouse GroupCharterhouse GroupCharterhouse Group is private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in the US.The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 1973 and is one of the oldest buyout firms in the US...
, a US-based private equity firm - Charterhouse Financial Planning Ltd, a UK based firm of Independent Financial Advisers
Places
- Charterhouse, SomersetCharterhouse, SomersetCharterhouse, also known as Charterhouse-on-Mendip, is a hamlet in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the English county of Somerset...
, also Charterhouse-on-Mendip, a hamlet in the Mendip Hills, England - Charterhouse Roman TownCharterhouse Roman TownCharterhouse Roman Town was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Its site is located just to the west of the village of Charterhouse-on-Mendip in the English county of Somerset....
, a town in the Roman province of Britannia, located close to Charterhouse-on-Mendip - Hinton CharterhouseHinton CharterhouseHinton 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 477....
, a village in Somerset, England
Sites of scientific interest
- Charterhouse to EashingCharterhouse to EashingCharterhouse to Eashing is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey, England....
, in Surrey, England - Hinton Charterhouse FieldHinton Charterhouse FieldHinton Charterhouse Field is a 0.32 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Hinton Charterhouse in Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1991....
, in Somerset, England - Hinton Charterhouse PitHinton Charterhouse PitHinton 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....
, in Somerset, England
Other
- The Charterhouse of ParmaThe Charterhouse of ParmaThe Charterhouse of Parma is a novel published in 1839 by Stendhal.-Plot summary:The Charterhouse of Parma tells the story of the young Italian nobleman Fabrice del Dongo and his adventures from his birth in 1798 to his death...
, a novel by Stendhal - Charterhouse SchoolCharterhouse SchoolCharterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
, a famous English public school in Surrey - Charterhouse, a print management and marketing services company
- Charterhouse SquareCharterhouse SquareCharterhouse Square is a historic square in Smithfield, between Charterhouse Street and Clerkenwell Road. It lies in the extreme south of the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London....
, London, England - London CharterhouseLondon CharterhouseThe London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Smithfield, London dating back to the 14th century. It occupies land to the north of Charterhouse Square. The Charterhouse began as a Carthusian priory, founded in 1371 and dissolved in 1537...
, London, England "The Charterhouse Hospital" and the original site of Charterhouse SchoolCharterhouse SchoolCharterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
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