Blackfriars

Blackfriars

A number of things have the name Blackfriars

* A common name for the Dominican Order of friars or a Dominican friar:
** Blackfriars, Newcastle, a friary in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
** Blackfriars, Gloucester, a friary in Gloucester, England
** Blackfriars, Oxford, a Dominican Priory and Hall of the University of Oxford
** Blackfriars, Perth, a friary at Perth, Scotland

* Other uses include:
** Blackfriars, London
** Blackfriars station, a railway station in London
** Blackfriars Theatre, the name of two theaters which once stood in London
** Blackfriars Arts Centre, an arts centre in Boston, England
** Blackfriars Bridge, a bridge over the River Thames in London
** Blackfriars Bridge railway station a former London railway station named after the above bridge.
** Blackfriars, Salford, an inner city area of Salford, England


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