What is recorded here

This green commemorative plaque records: Blackfriars On this site stood the Dominican Friary founded before 1256, enlarged in 1329, and closed in 1538. All four Orders of Friars had houses in medieval Lynn, and the Blackfriars' land extended eastward beyond Railway Road. The last ruins were finally cleared for building in 1852. Recorded plaque organisation: Rotary Club of King's Lynn.

Blackfriars was a Dominican Friary established before 1256 in King's Lynn, serving as an important religious center until its dissolution in 1538 during the Reformation; it represented one of four significant friar orders present in medieval Lynn.

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