Priory of the Blackfriars black plaque

London, England, United Kingdom

One this plot of land stood in the Middle Ages part of the preaching nave of the church of the Great Dominican Priory at Blackfriars. The choir lay the other side of the church entry, and the name church entry indicates the usual passage between the nave and chancel passing north and south beneath t

he steeple, in the planning of a friars church. The nave had seven bays and measured 114ft by 60ft. The Priory, founded in 1278, was dissolved in 1538, and subsequently this plot was used as a churchy

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