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Bunhill Row is a street located in St Luke's,
London Borough of Islington The London Borough of Islington ( ) is a London borough in Inner London. Whilst the majority of the district is located in north London, the borough also includes a significant area to the south which forms part of central London. Islington has ...
, London. The street runs north–south from
Old Street Old Street is a street in inner north-east Central London that runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell, in the London Borough of Islington, via St Luke's and Old Street Roundabout, to the crossroads where it meets Shoreditch High ...
to Chiswell Street. On the east side are the
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of Bunhill Fields and the open space of the
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's
Artillery Ground The Artillery Ground in Finsbury is an open space originally set aside for archery and later known also as a cricket venue. Today it is used for military exercises, cricket, rugby and football matches. It belongs to the Honourable Artillery Com ...
.


Buildings

* 1 Bunhill Row, is the head office of the law firm
Slaughter and May Slaughter and May is an international law firm headquartered in Bunhill Row, London. Founded in 1889, Slaughter and May is considered to be one of the most prestigious law firms in the world and is a member of the " Magic Circle" of elite Londo ...
. * 2 Bunhill Row, is the Moorgate campus of
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. Previous occupiers include the Board of Trade in the 1950s and 1960s, the
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, and the Securities and Investments Board/ Financial Services Authority (as it then was) in the 1990s and 2000s. It was formerly known as Gavrelle House. * 20 and 21–29 Bunhill Row, built in 1830–31 for the
Honourable Artillery Company The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army. Incorporated by royal charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, it is the oldest regiment in the British Army and is considered the second-oldest military unit in the w ...
, are
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s. * 102 Bunhill Row, is the Artillery Arms. During the mid-1800s it was called the Blue Anchor Tavern owned by Jemmy Shaw. * 106 Bunhill Row, is the City University's
Cass Business School Bayes Business School, formerly known as Cass Business School, is the business school of City, University of London, located in St Luke's, just to the north of the City of London. It was established in 1966, and it is consistently ranked as one ...
. * St Joseph's Catholic Church is on Bunhill Row.


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{{Coord, 51, 31, 25.96, N, 0, 5, 24.67, W, scale:1563_region:GB, display=title Streets in the London Borough of Islington