Charterhouse
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- A charterhouse is a name for any Carthusian monastery.
- Charterhouse was a Carthusian monastery founded in 1371 by Walter de Manny, near Smithfield in the City of London. The building survives, though with many later alterations.
- Charterhouse is also an English public school.
- Charterhouse is the visitor centre of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Service.
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