Friar Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

South out of Carter Lane at No. 67 to Ireland Yard (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.


First mention: "Fryers Street" (O. and M. 1677). "Fryar street" (Hatton, 1708).

Called also "Friers Court" (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 194).

Named from the Blackfriars, in which precinct it lay.

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