Blackfriars
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- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – Hollar's 1666 map after the Fire
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Blackfriars.
Named after the Dominican friars who arrived in London in 1221, and moved to Thameside area named after them.
Other places similar are Grayfriars, Austinfriars, Whitefriars and Crutched Friars.
http://www.britannia.com/history/londonhistory/...
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Map: It be right along the Fleet river, down from Ludgate along from the puddle dock hillhttp://www.motco.com/map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&title=Black+Fryers&artist=384&other=317&x=11&y=11