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A Charterhouse is a Carthusian monastery. The word is derived from Chartreuse, the first monastery of the order having been established in a valley of the Chartreuse Mountains.

It can refer to numerous monasteries:

see List of Carthusian monasteries

It can also refer to:

Financial institutions

• Charterhouse Bank
• Charterhouse Capital Partners, a UK-based private equity firm
• Charterhouse Group, private equity firm
• Charterhouse Group, a US-based private equity firm

Places

• Charterhouse, Somerset, also Charterhouse-on-Mendip, a hamlet in the Mendip Hills, England
• Charterhouse Roman Town, a town in the Roman province of Britannia, located close to Charterhouse-on-Mendip
• Hinton Charterhouse, a village in Somerset, England

Sites of scientific interest

• Charterhouse to Eashing, in Surrey, England
• Hinton Charterhouse Field, in Somerset, England
• Hinton Charterhouse Pit, in Somerset, England

Other

• The Charterhouse of Parma, a novel by Stendhal
• Charterhouse School, an English public school
• Charterhouse Square, London, England
• London Charterhouse, London, England "The Charterhouse- Hospital"

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