Greyfriars, Grayfriars or Gray Friars is a term for

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...

Order of Friars Minor, in particular, the

Conventual Franciscans The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (O.F.M. Conv.) is a male religious fraternity in the Catholic Church and a branch of the Franciscan Order. Conventual Franciscan Friars are identified by the affix O.F.M. Conv. after their names. They are ...

. The term often refers to buildings or districts formerly associated with the order.

Former Friaries

* Greyfriars, Bedford * Greyfriars, Beverley, Yorkshire, England *

Greyfriars, Bristol Greyfriars, in Bristol, England, was a Franciscan friary. The name Greyfriars derived from the grey robes worn by the friars. It was founded at some time before 1234, within the town walls and then moved to Lewin's Mead in 1250. The site includ ...

Greyfriars, Canterbury Greyfriars in Canterbury was the first Franciscan friary in England. History The first Franciscans arrived in the country in 1224 (during the lifetime of the Order's founder St Francis of Assisi) and the friary was set up soon afterwards. The O ...

, 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 Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester by 1250, and Dissolution of the monasteries, dissolved in 1538. Following dissolution the friary wa ...

, original burial place of Richard III of England *

Greyfriars, London In London, the Greyfriars was a Conventual Franciscan friary that existed from 1225 to 1538 on a site at the North-West of the City of London by Newgate in the parish of St Nicholas Shambles, St Nicholas in the Shambles. It was the second Fran ...

* 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 Greyfriars Kirk () is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, located in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is surrounded by Greyfriars Kirkyard. Greyfriars traces its origin to the south-west parish of Edinburgh, f ...

, Edinburgh

Other

* Grey Friars F.C., former football club, c.1870-1880 * Greyfriars, Bristol (office block) *

Greyfriars Bobby Greyfriars Bobby (4 May 1855 – 14 January 1872) was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until his death on 14 January 1872. The story conti ...

, a renowned Edinburgh dog * Greyfriars bus station, former bus station in Northampton *

Greyfriars Kirkyard Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 1 ...

, a graveyard in Edinburgh *

Greyfriars, Oxford Greyfriars is a Roman Catholic friary and parish located in East Oxford, which until 2008 was also a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. Situated on the Iffley Road in East Oxford, it was one of the smallest constituent halls ...

, a former Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford *

Greyfriars, Preston Greyfriars is a largely residential suburban area of Preston, Lancashire, England, and an Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward. It is nowadays usually considered to be a district of the larger suburb of Fulwood, Lancashire, Fulwood (and f ...

, 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 {{disambig