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CHARTERHOUSE Chapel Tower Old Postcard Charles F FlowerLondon / Surrey Art Drawn Postcard. Artist Signed by Charles F. Flower. Chapel Tower. The Charterhouse, London. Birds, Pigeons. / The Charterhouse (French Chartreuse) was formerly a Carthusian monastery founded by Sir Walter Manny in 1371. It was dissolved by Henry VIII., and after various vicissitudes was bought in 1611 by Thomas Sutton to place there his hospital for 80 poor men and 40 poor boys. The School was moved to Godalming in 1872. The Chapel was built in 1370, and the tower added about 1500.Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons OILETTE The Charterhouse London
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