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

 * Christ Church Greyfriars, in London
 * Greyfriars Church, Reading
 * Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

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 Richard's Billy Bunter stories