10th June 2026
There are many medieval charterhouses that still exist today beyond the UK in varying tangible forms, and around twenty of...
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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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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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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 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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