Greyfriars

Greyfriars, Grayfriars or Gray Friars is a term for Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, in particular, the Conventual Franciscans. The term often refers to buildings or districts formerly associated with the order.

Former Friaries

Greyfriars, Bedford
Greyfriars, Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Greyfriars, Bristol
Greyfriars, Canterbury, earliest English Franciscan friary
Greyfriars, Coventry
Greyfriars, Dorchester
Greyfriars, Dunwich, dissolved in 1538 some ruins remain as a Scheduled Ancient Monument
Greyfriars, Gloucester, the ruins of a monastery, also a street named after the same
Greyfriars, Ipswich, founded before 1236, virtually nothing remains
Greyfriars, King's Lynn, the tower survives and is a prominent local landmark
Greyfriars, Lincoln, former Franciscan friary; only the infirmary now survives
Greyfriars, Leicester, original burial place of Richard III of England
Greyfriars, London
GreyFriars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, founded 1327, dissolved 1539; rebuilt as private residence, demolished 1832
Greyfriars, Nottingham, founded 1224–1230, dissolved in 1539; nothing remains of the friary
Greyfriars, Perth
Greyfriars, Richmond
Greyfriars, Shrewsbury
Greyfriars, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Greyfriars, Stamford
Greyfriars, Winchelsea
Greyfriars, Worcester
Greyfriars Monastery, Stockholm

Churches

Other

Grey Friars F.C., former football club, c.1870-1880
Greyfriars, Bristol (office block)
Greyfriars Bobby, a renowned Edinburgh dog
Greyfriars bus station, former bus station in Northampton
Greyfriars Kirkyard, a graveyard in Edinburgh
Greyfriars, Oxford, a former Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford
Greyfriars, Preston, an electoral ward in Lancashire
Greyfriars, Wanborough, a house in Surrey, England
Greyfriars, Worcester, a Grade I listed building in Worcester, England

In fiction

Greyfriars School, a fictional school which is the setting for Frank Richards' Billy Bunter stories