Austin Friars
Names
- Austin Friars
- St. Austin Fryers
- St. Augustin Fryers
- Austinfriars
Street/Area/District
- Austin Friars
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): St. Austin Friars
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Austin Fryers
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Austin Fryers
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Austin Friars
North out of Old Broad Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No. 70 (P.O. Directory).
Built on the site of the Priory of the Augustine Friars after the dissolution of the priory and the erection of Powlet House, etc. Hence the name.
Shown in O. and M. 1677.
"St. Austin Fryers." "St. Augustin Fryers" (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Austin Friars, on the Nly. side of Broad str. near the E. end of Throgmorton str. Here was a Religious House called so, from Austin the Monk, which was dissolved, says Stow, in the 13 of Henry VIII.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Augustin Fryers. A little beyond the Church [of S. Peters Poor] is a Place called Augustin Fryers, now built into several large Houses partly inhabited by the Ministers of the Dutch Church, standing here, and partly by Merchants: One of these Houses belong to the Lustring Company.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Austin-Friars Old Broad-Street,—at 67, under the arch, leading to 30, Winchester-st. and Moorfields.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Austin-Friars, Old Broad-street, City, is under the archway in Throgmorton-street, leading to Winchester-street and London-wall.