Charterhouse
/ˈtʃɑːtəhaʊs/
/ˈtʃɑːrtərhaʊs/
(also Charterhouse School)
- a British public school which was built in 1611 at a place in London where a Carthusian monastery used to be. The pupils are still called Carthusians. In 1872 it moved to new buildings in Surrey. It was a school for boys only until 1972, when girls were allowed into the sixth form.
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