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Whitefriars

American  
[hwahyt-frahy-erz, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌfraɪ ərz, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

  1. a district in central London, England.


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One of the estimated 600 schools with a classroom canine is Whitefriars Primary Academy in King's Lynn, Norfolk, which said Poppy the cockapoo helped with wellbeing and learning.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

Dorothy Spicer, 84, was found lying face down outside Whitefriars care home in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and died of pneumonia two months later.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2014

"Papa said they would take away the tickets a little before we got to Whitefriars."

From Carrots: Just a Little Boy by Mrs. Molesworth

At the back of Whitefriars we come upon Bridewell, the site of a palace of the Norman kings.

From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury

The first theatre in Whitefriars seems to have been one built in the hall of the old Whitefriars Monastery.

From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury

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