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a medieval map on parchment from a birds-eye perspective of the Charterhouse and the surrounding area
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Rare Survivors: Engineering a Water Supply for the London Charterhouse

The Charterhouse Water Maps are four illustrated manuscripts that depict the water system that was built c.1450 to provide...

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My nursing placement at the Charterhouse
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18th May 2021

My nursing placement at the Charterhouse

1st year LSBU Learning Disability Nursing student, Sophia Stobbs, tells us about her time working at the Charterhouse and what it has meant to her. To say I was very nervous before starting at the Charterhouse...

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Tribute to Stephen Porter
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21st April 2021

Tribute to Stephen Porter

Dr Cathy Ross, Honorary Research Fellow at the Museum of London, and consultant to the Charterhouse, leads our tribute to Stephen Porter, a historian and archivist with an extensive knowledge of the Charterhouse...

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Women at the Charterhouse
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8th March 2021

Women at the Charterhouse

Ann Kenrick, Master of the Charterhouse, celebrates International Women’s Day with a reflection on changes at the Charterhouse, all moving in the right direction. Marking International Women’s Day...

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Diversity and inclusion at the Charterhouse
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4th February 2021

Diversity and inclusion at the Charterhouse

Reverend Canon Ann Clarke, the Preacher here at the Charterhouse, is heading up our Diversity Working Group. Here she introduces our approach, and heralds updated policies which will be public later this...

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Brother Rory MacPherson – a memoir
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2nd February 2021

Brother Rory MacPherson – a memoir

In January we very sadly lost Brother Rory MacPherson who had lived at the Charterhouse since 2013.  Well known for his career as a newsreader and diplomat, he had many stories to tell, but his illness...

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Kate’s lockdown diary no 6
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28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no 6

Welcome to the sixth in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

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Kate’s lockdown diary no 5
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28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no 5

Welcome to the fifth in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

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Kate’s lockdown diary no 4
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28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no 4

Welcome to the fourth in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

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Kate’s lockdown diary no. 3
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28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no. 3

Welcome to the third in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

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