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Prof
Gloucester
16 of 38  Wed 14th Nov 2018 11:16am  

Medieval wall painting, St Ann's Charterhouse
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
17 of 38  Thu 15th Nov 2018 1:21pm  

The name Charterhouse has nothing to do with a charter or grant, as would at first appear, but arose from the building of a house for Carthusian monks from Chartreuse, their original monastic foundation in the Diocese of Grenoble in France. In Coventry it was in 1381 when Lord de la Zouch founded the house for six monks. King Richard laid the foundation stone. They increased in number, never going outside the walls, did not socialise with women, vegetarians six days a week - on Fridays they fasted with only bread and water.
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Midland Red

18 of 38  Tue 13th Aug 2019 3:22pm  

Charterhouse to form centrepiece of Heritage Park Thumbs up
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p fandango
Binley, Coventry
19 of 38  Wed 14th Aug 2019 8:28pm  

Does this also include plans to clear trees blocking the view of the viaduct?
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NeilsYard
Coventry
20 of 38  Fri 24th Jan 2020 11:03am  

Terrific to see the NT are stepping in here to work with Charterhouse!
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p fandango
Binley, Coventry
21 of 38  Sun 26th Jan 2020 6:47am  

I've heard they are opening up the air raid shelter opposite the Charterhouse field as part of the project. Does anyone know if they are just going to remove the current gates on the blast doors, or are they removing the whole wall to open the whole arch

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Robthu
Coventry
22 of 38  Mon 27th Jan 2020 7:10pm  

Pictures of the inside of the Mortuary and passage at the moment, sorry quality isn't the best, but there is no lighting in there. Derek. Mortuary entrance Cemetery side Mortuary internal wall Mortuary roof Mortuary window view to cemetery
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p fandango
Binley, Coventry
23 of 38  Tue 28th Jan 2020 10:32pm  

On 27th Jan 2020 7:10pm, Robthu said: Pictures of the inside of the Mortuary and passage at the moment, sorry quality isn't the best, but there is no lighting in there. Derek.
How did you get in, Robthu? Both gates were padlocked when I went last week.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
24 of 38  Wed 29th Jan 2020 3:28am  

p fandango. Didn't you know, Robthu can do anything Lol
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p fandango
Binley, Coventry
25 of 38  Wed 29th Jan 2020 7:13am  

lol - with the help of bolt cutters I suspect Wink
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Robthu
Coventry
26 of 38  Wed 29th Jan 2020 8:23am  

No! For once in this Warwickshire man's life, it was all legal and above board, it was unlocked and I went in as part of a Bat Survey. The downside of it was, I had only a small camera in my pocket that certainly wasn't up to that sort of thing. Derek.
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p fandango
Binley, Coventry
27 of 38  Wed 29th Jan 2020 9:13pm  

On 29th Jan 2020 8:23am, Robthu said: No! For once in this Warwickshire man's life, it was all legal and above board, it was unlocked and I went in as part of a Bat Survey. The downside of it was, I had only a small camera in my pocket that certainly wasn't up to that sort of thing. Derek.
Oh excellent. I was lucky to have got some bats on video using a night-vision camera on a ghost night at Guy's Cliffe House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSh8YyZ6i9Y&t
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Helen F
Warrington
28 of 38  Sun 21st Nov 2021 4:18pm  

You turn your back... Since there are thousands of things to research in Coventry I do bits on an area and then stop when I get bored or run out of fresh info. Often when I come back, new things pop out at me. Such a thing is the mills of Coventry, many of which are on the route south. On the field opposite the Charterhouse is an anomaly in the grass that looks like a different route for the river and possibly a missing mill. I thought I might go look at the land again from the air again, only they've built on it! Bah humbug. Angry
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
29 of 38  Sun 21st Nov 2021 6:26pm  

Helen, there are a lot of mentions of Charterhouse Mill in the 19th century newspapers. It belonged to Charles Rotherham. It was part owned by William Burton of Allesley who bought it in 1871 from Rotherham's executors. He later had to call in the receivers. In 1932 a new waterway was opened. In order to do this Parliamentary powers were obtained and the mill was acquired and demolished. Not Coventry, but it is on the Coventry canal, here is what they can do to preserve a mill. Most of this building has been empty for many years, only the ground floor was used - Tolson's Mill, Tamworth ps. There is a painting by Herbert Cox of Charterhouse Mill, I am not sure if it is ok to copy it, but it is on The Watercolour World.
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Helen F
Warrington
30 of 38  Sun 21st Nov 2021 8:30pm  

Thanks Anne and argon for the link to Watercolour World. Bunney also drew it a couple of times. Robthu - Derek also sent me some cracking stuff, including reports on bomb damage that show grass markings from the war period, which show something opposite Charterhouse that looks a lot like a mill pond. The maps show something odd too. I've copied the British History Online for mills. I've now got images for Shut Mill, Charterhouse mill, Liggin's Mill and Swift's Corner Mill (after working out that the drawings are probably labelled the wrong way round). But there seems to be a mill missing - Dilcock's mill. Alternatively they've just got the other mills mixed up. A map from before the railway was built would help. I've peered through viaduct arches till I'm silly as I first have to work out which way the artist was looking. Roll eyes The river was most likely moved for the viaduct and for all I know a mill was swallowed by the earthworks.
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