19th March 2026
When Thomas Sutton bequeathed his vast fortune to establish the Charterhouse charity in 1611, his sudden death that year...
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Charterhouse Square is a microcosm of London’s diverse and multi-layered architectural history. Ranging from medieval to Georgian to Victorian to Edwardian to the modern, it encapsulates the rich tapestry...
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When Henry VIII issued his “Act of Supremacy” declaring that all who refused to take an oath recognizing him as head of the Church of England committed an act of high treason, the Carthusian Monastery...
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On 24 April, HistoryHit will be at the Charterhouse to film a short film for their YouTube channel, a series entitled Hidden Remains of Medieval London. The series focusses on medieval locations that aren’t...
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Governor of Charterhouse: 1662. Shaftesbury was a radically-minded aristocrat, who changed sides several times during the English Civil Wars. He was one of the first Whig politicians, who believed in protecting...
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Heritage Day is a collective celebration of all things heritage, and brings together the leading voices from across the Heritage Alliance membership and the wider heritage sector. On March 2nd, visitors...
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The Charterhouse Museum is forging links with other institutions in Islington to encourage greater visitors to the area. Part of our partnership working includes extending our £1 tour offer with other...
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The current cataloguing with the old back copies of the Old Charterhouse Magazine is moving ahead at a steady pace. Already we have been astounded with the amount of stories from the past lives of the...
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Jack Evans, our Collections Volunteer, has had a rather exhaustive stretch of documenting and cataloguing an entire file box worth of photographs of the Charterhouse (as part of an exciting project that...
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Master and Chief Executive Officer at The Charterhouse, Peter Aiers has been awarded an OBE for services to Heritage in the King’s New Year’s Honours List. Peter has a distinguished record of leadership...
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Hi, my name is Jack, and I am the Collections Assistant volunteer at the Charterhouse. I have been with the museum for almost two years; during my MA course in Museum Studies, I applied for a placement...
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I first met John Cooper, also known to me and many others as Henry, who died on 23 December 2021, on Ordination Retreat in Ealing, West London, in late June 1974 before we were to be made Deacons in St...
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My name is Aloysius Nabaasa, a student of Learning Disability Nursing at Southbank University. I had the opportunity to do my placement at the Charterhouse where I spent 6 weeks from the 8th November 2021....
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