Blackfriars

A number of places and things have the name Blackfriars.

  • "Black Friars" is a common name for the Dominican Order of friars or a Dominican friar; such place names indicate a current or former Dominican presence at or near the site so named:
    • Blackfriars, London, site of a former priory in the City of London
    • Blackfriars, Newcastle, a former priory in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
    • Blackfriars, Gloucester, a former priory in Gloucester, England
    • Blackfriars, Oxford, a Dominican Priory and Hall of the University of Oxford
    • Blackfriars, Perth, a former priory at Perth, Scotland
    • Blackfriars, Bristol, a former priory in Bristol, England
    • Cambridge Blackfriars, a Dominican Priory.
  • Other uses include:
    • Blackfriars station, a railway station in the City of London
    • Blackfriars Theatre, the name of two theatres 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, Manchester, a bridge over the River Irwell in Manchester
    • Blackfriars Bridge railway station a former London railway station named after the London bridge.
    • Blackfriars, Greater Manchester, an inner city area of Salford, England
    • Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen is built on the site of an old Dominican Priory, and uses "Blackfriars" as a house name, and as the name for the newly completed junior school building. One of the four streets surrounding the school is called "Blackfriars Street" for the same reason.
    • Blackfriars Playhouse, the American Shakespeare Center's theater in Staunton, Virginia