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a whole Guinness cake with frosted icing and a piece of Guiness cake on a wooden server next to the stone window sill of the Great Hall at the Charterhouse
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From Monastic Brews to Afternoon Tea: A Tale of Beer and Cake

While beer has been a staple at the Charterhouse since the middle ages, we think our Kitchen Team has found its finest use...

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Thank all of you
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7th June 2016

Thank all of you

We would like to thank all of you for supporting the opening. We are delighted to report that we raised over a thousand pounds for the National Gardens Scheme. The public were able to visit the enclosed...

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The Charterhouse
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15th April 2016

In Celebration of the Charterhouse

In 1885 the House of Lords passed a bill authorising the disposal of all but the ancient buildings of the Old Charterhouse. It was introduced by Sir Richard Webster, an Old Carthusian, politician and judge,...

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A Visit to the Hull Charterhouse
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1st April 2016

A Visit to the Hull Charterhouse

The word Charterhouse, meaning a Carthusian monastery, is derived from La Grande Chartreuse, the first hermitage of the Carthusian Order founded by Saint Bruno. There were ten Charterhouses in the Britain...

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Charles Dalmon, Poet and Brother
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16th June 2015

Charles Dalmon, Poet and Brother

Charles William Dalmon (1862-1938) was a British poet who, in retirement, became a Brother of the Charterhouse. He published many poems during his lifetime, many of them about Sussex, the county in which...

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