Blackfriars, London

The London Marathon passes through Blackfriars in 2005

Blackfriars is an area of central London, which lies in the south-west corner of the City of London. It is also were Henry VIII sixth wife died and was buried

Blackfriars, London Media

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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 special category in local government.

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  The Black Friar, a public house with a few apartments above has a rare, Flatiron Building shape and is Grade II* listed.It is the narrowest building facing the station's riverside gyratory which is the heart of the modern informal definition.

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  Ground plan of Blackfriars Monastery as it appeared before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Buttery became Farrant's; the Frater, Burbage's playhouse.

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  Apothecaries' Hall in Blackfriars, 1831

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  Blackfriars is home to many investment banks and financial services companies