Blackfriars

A number of places and things have the name Blackfriars, derived from the Black Friars, 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:

England

• Blackfriars, London, site of a former priory in the City of London
• Blackfriars, Canterbury, a former monastery in Canterbury
• 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, Bristol, a former priory in Bristol, England
• Blackfriars, Leicester, a former Dominican Friary in Leicester
• Cambridge Blackfriars, a Dominican priory
• Derby Blackfriars, a former priory in Derby, England
• Exeter Blackfriars, a former priory in Devon, England
• Ipswich Blackfriars, a former priory in Ipswich, England

Scotland

• Blackfriars, Perth, a former priory at Perth, Scotland

Other uses

England

• 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
• New Blackfriars, a theological journal formerly called Blackfriars

Scotland

• 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.

Elsewhere

• Blackfriars Playhouse, the American Shakespeare Center's theatre in Staunton, Virginia