Charterhouse may refer to: *

Charterhouse (monastery) A charterhouse (french: chartreuse; german: Kartause; it, certosa; pt, cartuxa; es, cartuja) is a monastery of Carthusian monks. The English word is derived by phono-semantic matching from the French word ''chartreuse'' and it is therefore so ...

, of the Carthusian religious order Charterhouse may also refer to:

Places

* The Charterhouse, Coventry, a former monastery * Charterhouse School, an English public school in Surrey

London locations

London Charterhouse The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Farringdon, London, dating back to the 14th century. It occupies land to the north of Charterhouse Square, and lies within the London Borough of Islington. It was originally built ( ...

, London, England, an historic complex of buildings that originally housed a monastery, now the location of such sites as The Charterhouse Hospital *

Charterhouse Square Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Farringdon, in the London Borough of Islington, and close to the former Smithfield Meat Market. The square is the largest courtyard or yard associated with the London Charterhouse ...

, London, England

Municipalities

Charterhouse, Somerset Charterhouse, also known as Charterhouse-on-Mendip, is a hamlet (place), hamlet in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the England, English county of Somerset. The area between Charterhouse and Cheddar Gorge including Vel ...

, also Charterhouse-on-Mendip, a hamlet in the Mendip Hills, England *

Charterhouse Roman Town Charterhouse was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Its site is located just to the west of the village of Charterhouse-on-Mendip in the English county of Somerset. Its Latin name may have been Iscalis, but this is far from certain. Bas ...

, a town in the Roman province of Britannia, located close to Charterhouse-on-Mendip *

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, 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

Financial institutions

* Charterhouse Bank, a UK-based investment bank *

Charterhouse Capital Partners Charterhouse Capital Partners is a London based private equity investment firm focused on investing in European mid-market companies valued between €200m and €1.5bn. The company targets investments across the services, healthcare, specialis ...

, a UK-based private equity firm * Charterhouse Group, a US-based private equity firm

Other uses

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The Charterhouse of Parma ''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (french: La Chartreuse de Parme, links=no) is a novel by Stendhal published in 1839. Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, André Gide, di Lam ...

'', an 1839 novel by Stendhal *

Shepshed Dynamo F.C. Shepshed Dynamo Football Club is an English football club based in the small town of Shepshed in the north west of Leicestershire, England. Founded as Shepshed Albion towards the end of the 19th century, the team played for the majority of their ...