Charterhouse

Charterhouse [Fr.,=Chartreuse], in London, England, once a Carthusian monastery (founded 1371), later a hospital for old men and then a school for boys, endowed in 1611. The school, which became a large public school, was removed (1872) to Godalming, Surrey. W. M. Thackeray, a pupil at the school, describes it in The Newcomes.

Charterhouse is an English name for any Carthusian monastery. It can refer to the following monasteries:

• London Charterhouse, England

It can also refer to some non-monastic names:

• Charterhouse Bank Ltd, a Kenyan bank.
• Charterhouse Capital Partners, a UK-based private equity firm.
• Charterhouse Group, a US-based private equity firm.
• Charterhouse School, an English public school.
• Charterhouse, Somerset, a hamlet in the Mendip Hills, England.
• Charterhouse Square, London, England.

See also

• Certosa