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Until the early 20th century the local wharves were linked to the main street by the formerly narrow street Puddle Dock. These stood by an often dredged up to, pier- and mooring post-lined, substantial mudbank of the City – in the south-east of modern Blackfriars. Among these were Wheatsheaf
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The City of London, which has extended very little, in the late middle ages. The once wholly walled square mile is nationally referred to as "The City". Locally is one of the notable extensions, meaning Blackfriars forms the south-west corner of the City, save for Temple which is technically a
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Wharf. Paul's Stairs is east of the modern floating pier, leading to the much narrowed, wholly tidal foreshore (meaning immersed for much of the tidal phases).
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from just west of Holborn bridge at the top of Shoe Lane (modern Holborn Circus) a few hundred metres south to be between the
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It is the narrowest building facing the station's riverside gyratory which is the heart of the modern informal definition.
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brook and Ludgate Hill, north and west of their precinct. The site hosted great occasions of state, including meetings of
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At the very centre of the zone, in typical London equidistance from stations post-pariochial terms, is
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One or two elaborate streets of Blackfriars were well repaired after the City was heavily bombed in
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Some of the buildings were later leased to a group of entrepreneurs who created the
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pub. Further clockwise, facing, are the Bank of New York/Mellon building and the
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The Black Friar, a public house with a few apartments above has a rare,
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stretches along the north bank of the river west from Blackfriars to
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The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution
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The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution
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Ground plan of Blackfriars Monastery as it appeared before the
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on a large wholly built-up roundabout. Southwest of this is
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which stood almost directly across the river. In 1632, the
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gave permission to rebuild London's city wall, against the
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in 1522, then, seven years later, a divorce hearing of
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of 1666 but the Society rebuilt it, becoming today's
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Blackfriars is located in Greater London
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