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Victoria Sands - a young woman with long brown hair and a floral dress - seated infront of shelves of books, a projector and drop down screen with the Charterhouse, University of Oxford and Open-Oxford-Cambridge visible
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Collaborative Research in Action: A DPhil at the London Charterhouse

“My aim is to bring new voices into the narrative” As I outlined in my previous blog, I am undertaking a DPhil, another...

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A stitch in time: Conservator vs tapestries
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23rd March 2020

A stitch in time: Conservator vs tapestries

Gabby Swaffield, our Museum, Collection and Learning Manager is finding out everything you need to know before you embark on the voyage of conserving 17th century tapestries; be prepared for the unusual...

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Detail from the Thomas Sutton monument in the Charterhouse Chapel
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13th December 2018

The right kind of poor for the Charterhouse?

Robin Isherwood, the Preacher at the Charterhouse, yesterday remembered the charity’s founder Thomas Sutton in our annual short memorial service, and pondered the different attitudes to the poor, and...

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The Carthusian Connection
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4th December 2018

The Carthusian Connection

I came to volunteer at the Charterhouse in April 2017, and I have enjoyed volunteering at this special historic place. Over time while supporting the guides and the Brothers with their tours, I began to...

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Object of the Month April 2018
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14th April 2018

Object of the Month April 2018

The ceiling of the Great Chamber, created in the 16th century and destroyed almost entirely in the 20th century, has played a complex role in the changing hands of the Charterhouse. The Great Chamber was...

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Queen Elizabeth I at the Charterhouse
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28th November 2017

Queen Elizabeth I at the Charterhouse

Research by Stephen Porter. When Queen Mary died on 17 November 1558 her half-sister Elizabeth was at Hatfield House. She had passed a perilous few years as the heir apparent and the hope and expectation...

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Object of the Month August 2017
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2nd August 2017

Object of the Month August 2017

A Relation of the Proceedings at Charter-House 1689 This booklet, on display in the Charterhouse museum, recounts the events of the period 1686-89 when, for the second time in its history, the Charterhouse...

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