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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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The life of Carthusian monks in the Charterhouse
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28th September 2021

The life of Carthusian monks in the Charterhouse

Rosie Chan, a Museum Studies student at the University of Leicester, was recently here on a work placement, and immersed herself in our heritage. Here she looks more closely at the lives of the Carthusian...

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