St Ann Blackfriars

St Ann Blackfriars
St Ann's Churchyard in 2008
Map
LocationIreland Yard, City of London
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
DenominationAnglican
History
Founded16th century
Architecture
Demolished1666
Administration
DioceseDiocese of London

St Ann Blackfriars was a church in the City of London, in what is now Ireland Yard[1] in the ward of Farringdon Within.[2] The church began as a medieval parish chapel, dedicated to St Ann, within the church of the Dominicans (the order after whom the Blackfriars district of London is named). The new parish church was established in the 16th century to serve the inhabitants of the precincts of the former Dominican monastery, following its dissolution under King Henry VIII.[3] It was near the Blackfriars Theatre, a fact which displeased its congregation.[4] It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666.

  1. ^ "St Ann Blackfriars Burial Grounds: Church Entry and Ireland Yard". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ric was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Holder, Nick (2017). The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 29, 42, 51. ISBN 9781783272242.
  4. ^ Guildhall Library (London, England) (1990). A Handlist of Parish Registers, Register Transcripts, and Related Records at Guildhall Library: City of London (6th ed.). ISBN 978-0-900422-30-0.