The Home of Thomas Sutton
Thomas Sutton, who founded the Charterhouse in 1611, lived for a period in Balsham, Cambridgeshire. His house was most likely “Nine Chimneys” (pictured above), which is rumoured to have been built...
Read more16th September 2026
An exploration of archives of The Times and The Illustrated London News reveals how the Charterhouse was represented in the...
Read moreThomas Sutton, who founded the Charterhouse in 1611, lived for a period in Balsham, Cambridgeshire. His house was most likely “Nine Chimneys” (pictured above), which is rumoured to have been built...
Read morePictures from camp life: R. Boulger, who later became a Brother of the Charterhouse, handing out “dibs” at Brocton Prisoner of War Camp in 1918. The above pencil-sketch was found in the Old Charterhouse...
Read moreThis post is devoted to series of sketches made in 1939. They were found in the Old Charterhouse Scrapbook, our archive of press clipping and images, and can be credited to two former Brothers of the...
Read moreThe Brothers of today live very different lives from their counterparts of the early 20th century. Over a hundred years ago, conditions at the Charterhouse were austere, and Chapel attendance was compulsory....
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