English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Charterhouse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coventry

Etymology

Charterhouse (6″). Cf. le Charterhouse leys 1538MinAcct , the late Charterhouse beside Coventry 1543, Charterhouse Lez 1545 LP, with reference to the House of the Carthusian order founded here in 1381 (Pat). Cf. The Charterhouse in London.