Honourable Artillery Company Museum

Museum in/near Clerkenwell, existing between 1987 and now

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The Honourable Artillery Company Museum opened in 1987.

Its collection includes uniforms, armour, medals and weapons. The archives date from 1537 and are of particular interest for 17th and 18th century militia and items about the City of London history.

It is associated with the Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest regiment in the British Army. Entrance is free, although it is only open to the public by appointment.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Bunhill Fields Bunhill Fields was in use as a burial ground from 1665 until 1854.
Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y The Golden Lane Housing Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London.
Honourable Artillery Company Museum The Honourable Artillery Company Museum opened in 1987.
St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable pauper lunatics by a group of philanthropists.
Tenter Ground Tenter Ground harks back to the seventeenth century when this patch of land was surrounded by weavers’ houses and workshops and used to wash and stretch their fabrics on ’tenters’ to dry.
Wesley’s Chapel Wesley’s Chapel - originally the City Road Chapel - is a Methodist church built under the direction of John Wesley.
Whitefield’s Tabernacle Whitefield’s Tabernacle is a former church at the corner of Tabernacle Street and Leonard Street.

NEARBY STREETS
Albert House, EC1V Albert House is a block on Old Street (Old Street)
Alders Court, EC1Y Ball Court, EC1 was renamed as Alders Court, EC1 in 1936 (City of London)
Alexander Russell House, EC2A Alexander Russell House is a block on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Alfred Close, EC2Y Alfred Close (Alfred’s Close) was a 1939 renaming of the former Alfred’s Place (Barbican)
Alleyn House, EC1Y Alleyn House is a block on Chequer Street (Clerkenwell)
Alphabeta Building, EC2A Alphabeta Building is sited on Worship Street (Shoreditch)
Amias House, EC1V Amias House is a building on Central Street (Clerkenwell)
Amias Place, EC1Y Amias Place was formerly George Yard (Clerkenwell)
Anchor House, EC1V Anchor House is located on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Anchor Yard, EC1Y Anchor Yard is named after a former inn here of this name (Clerkenwell)
Appold Street, EC2A Appold Street runs north-south on the City of London side of Liverpool Street station (City of London)
Astrix House, EC2A Astrix House is a block on Holywell Row (Shoreditch)
Australian Avenue, EC2Y Australian Avenue ran north out of The Crescent (Jewin Crescent) to the road formerly known as Barbican (now Beech Street) (Barbican)
Baltic Street East, EC1Y Baltic Street East was built by a timber merchant around 1810 who named local streets after trade-related activities (Clerkenwell)
Banner House, EC1Y Banner House is a block on Banner Street (Clerkenwell)
Banner Street, EC1Y Banner Street was named after the Banner family, late 18th century landowners in the area (Clerkenwell)
Barbican, EC2Y Before becoming part of Beech Street, a road called Barbican had its own presence (Barbican)
Baroda House, EC1Y Baroda House is located on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Bartholomew Square, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area (Old Street)
Bartletts Place, EC2A Bartletts Place was Bartletts Buildings on the 1860s mapping, not appearing before then (City of London)
Basterfield House, EC1Y Basterfield House is located on Unnamed Road (City of London)
Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y Bastion Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Bath Place, EC2A Bath Place leads off of Rivington Street (Old Street)
Bath Street, EC1V Bath Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Bavaria House, EC2A Bavaria House is sited on Appold Street (City of London)
Beech Street, EC2Y Beech Street is the western extension of Chiswell Street (Barbican)
Ben Jonson House, EC1Y Ben Jonson House is sited on Golden Lane (Barbican)
Ben Jonson House, EC2Y Ben Jonson House is a block on Golden Lane (Barbican)
Bentima House, EC1V Bentima House is located on Old Street (Old Street)
Blackall Street, EC2A Blackall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Blacksea House, EC2A Blacksea House is a block on Wilson Street (Shoreditch)
Bonhill Street, EC2A Bonhill Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Clerkenwell)
Bornhill Street, EC2A Bornhill Street is a location in London (Clerkenwell)
Bowater House, EC1Y Bowater House is sited on Fann Street (City of London)
Brackley Street, EC2Y Brackley Street was named after Viscount Brackley - the title given to the eldest sons of the Earl of Bridgewater who owned a townhouse on Bridgewater Square (Barbican)
Bradford Avenue, EC2Y Bradford Avenue was a street of warehouses (Barbican)
Braithwaite House, EC1Y Braithwaite House is a block on Bunhill Row (Clerkenwell)
Brandon Mews, EC2Y Brandon Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Breton House, EC2Y Breton House is a block on Golden Lane (Barbican)
Bridgewater Square, EC1Y Bridgewater Square is an historic square near to the Barbican (Barbican)
Broadgate Circle, EC2M Broadgate Circle is situated at the centre of the Broadgate development (City of London)
Broadwalk House, EC2A Broadwalk House is a block on Appold Street (City of London)
Bryer Court, EC2Y Bryer Court is a block on Bridgewater Square (Barbican)
Bunhill Fields, EC1Y Bunhill Fields is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Bunhill Row, EC1Y Bunhill Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Burbage House, EC2A Burbage House is a block on Curtain Road (Shoreditch)
Burnhill House, EC1V Burnhill House is a block on Norman Street (Clerkenwell)
Castle House, EC2A Castle House is a block on Paul Street (Shoreditch)
Chapel Place, EC2A Chapel Place runs north off Rivington Street (Old Street)
Chapel Street, EC2Y In 1939, Chapel Street briefly became Chapel Lane (Barbican)
Charlotte House, EC2A Charlotte House can be found on Charlotte Road (Shoreditch)
Charlotte Road, EC2A Charlotte Road was at first called Charlotte Street after Queen Charlotte, married to King George III in 1761 (Shoreditch)
Charlotte Street, EC2A Charlotte Street was built in 1763 (Shoreditch)
Chequer Street, EC1Y Chequer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y Cherry Tree Walk is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Barbican)
Chiswell Street, EC1Y Chiswell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Christina Street, EC2A Christina Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Christopher Street, EC2A Christopher Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
City Gate House, EC2A City Gate House is a block on Finsbury Square (Clerkenwell)
City Greenyard, EC2Y City Greenyard - or simply Green Yard - was swept away to build the Barbican area (Barbican)
City Lofts, EC2A City Lofts is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
City Road, EC1Y City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Classic House, EC1V Classic House is a block on Old Street (Old Street)
Clere Street, EC2A Clere Street, located near the pre-1965 border between Finsbury and Shoreditch boroughs, had a previous name: Paradise Street (Shoreditch)
Clifton House, EC2A Clifton House is a block on Holywell Row (Shoreditch)
Clifton Street, EC2A Clifton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Cotton Street, EC2Y Cotton Street was situated off Australian Avenue (Barbican)
Cowper Street, EC2A Cowper Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Cripplegate Street, EC1Y Cripplegate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Barbican)
Cromwell Tower, EC2Y Cromwell Tower is a block on Silk Street (Barbican)
Crown Place, EC2A Crown Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Curtain Road, EC2A Curtain Road was the first location of a place called a ’theatre’ - in the sense of a location where acting is performed (Shoreditch)
Curzon House, EC2A Curzon House is a block on Clifton Street (Shoreditch)
Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y Cuthbert Harrowing House is a block on Fann Street (Barbican)
Davies House, EC2A Davies House is a block on Sun Street (Shoreditch)
Defoe House, EC2Y Defoe House is part of the Barbican development, north of Thomas More Garden (Barbican)
Development House, EC2A Development House is a block on Leonard Street (Clerkenwell)
Dominion Street, EC2M Dominion Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
Dufferin Avenue, EC1Y Dufferin Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Dufferin Street, EC1Y Dufferin Street runs between Bunhill Row and Whitecross Street (Clerkenwell)
Earl Street, EC2A Earl Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
EMA House, EC2A EMA House is a block on Tabernacle Street (Shoreditch)
Entex House, EC1V Entex House is a block on Old Street (Old Street)
Epworth Street, EC2A Epworth Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Clerkenwell)
Errol Street, EC1Y Errol Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Exchange House, EC2A Exchange House is a block on Primrose Street (City of London)
Exchange Square, EC2A Exchange Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (City of London)
Fann Street, EC1Y Fann Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Barbican)
Featherstone Street, EC1Y Featherstone Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Finsbury Court, EC2A Finsbury Court was obliterated in a redevelopment programme taking in Finsbury Pavement (Clerkenwell)
Finsbury Pavement, EC2M Finsbury Pavement was the first pavement of firm ground north of the marshy Moorfields (Moorgate)
Finsbury Square, EC2A Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare square in central London which includes a six-rink grass bowling green (Clerkenwell)
Finsbury Street, EC2A Finsbury Street is a road in the EC2Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Fitzroy House, EC2A Fitzroy House is a block on Epworth Street (Clerkenwell)
Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y Fore Street Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Fortune House, EC1Y Fortune House is a block on Fortune Street (Clerkenwell)
Fortune Street, EC1Y Fortune Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Galileo Apartments, EC1Y Galileo Apartments is a block on Featherstone Street (Clerkenwell)
Garden Walk, EC2A Garden Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Garrett Street, EC1Y Garrett Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Gatesborough Street, EC2A Gatesborough Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y Gilbert Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Gilbert House, EC2Y Gilbert House is a block on Gilbert Bridge (Barbican)
Glyn House, EC1Y Glyn House is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Godfrey House St Lukes Estate, EC1V Godfrey House is on the St Lukes Estate (Old Street)
Godfrey House, EC1V Godfrey House is a block on Bath Street (Old Street)
Golden Lane, EC1Y Golden Lane connects Old Street and Beech Street (Clerkenwell)
Great Arthur House, EC1Y Great Arthur House is a building on Fann Street (City of London)
Great Eastern Street, EC2A Great Eastern Street was laid out in 1872-6 (Shoreditch)
Hackney House, EC2A Hackney House is a block on Curtain Road (Shoreditch)
Helmet Row, EC1V Helmet Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Holderness House, EC2A Holderness House is a block on Clifton Street (Shoreditch)
Holywell Centre, EC2A Holywell Centre is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Holywell Row, EC2A Holywell Row is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Honduras Street, EC1Y Honduras Street dates from the 1810s (Clerkenwell)
Invicta House, EC1Y Invicta House is a block on Banner Street (Clerkenwell)
Jacob’s Well Passage, EC2Y This seems to have been named after a Jacob’s Well sign, which seems to have been a familiar one in the 17th and 18th centuries (Barbican)
Jewin Crescent, EC2Y Jewin Crescent - as The Crescent - existed from the end of the eighteenth century (Barbican)
Jewin Street, EC2Y Jewin Street was a street was lined with warehouses by firms related to the garment trade, including drapery, button, straw hat and sewing machine importers and furriers. (Barbican)
Kayam House, EC2A Kayam House is a block on Paul Street (Shoreditch)
Kiffen Street, EC2A Kiffen Street links Leonard Street to Clere Street (Shoreditch)
Lackington Street, EC2M Lackington Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (City of London)
Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y Lamb’s Passage was formerly Great Swordbearers (Sword Bearers) Alley (Clerkenwell)
Leonard Circus, EC2A Leonard Circus is a location in London (Shoreditch)
Leonard Street, EC2A Leonard Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Lexington Apartments, EC1Y Lexington Apartments is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Life Line House, EC2A Life Line House is sited on Clifton Street (Shoreditch)
Lizard Street, EC1V Lizard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Longbow House, EC1Y Longbow House is a block on Chiswell Street (Clerkenwell)
Lowndes House, EC1Y Lowndes House is located on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Luke Street, EC2A Luke Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Mallow Street, EC1Y Mallow Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Old Street)
Mark Street, EC2A Mark Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Martha’s Buildings, EC1Y Martha’s Buildings is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Old Street)
Michael House, EC1Y Michael House is a block on Chiswell Street (Clerkenwell)
Mill House, EC2A Residential block (Shoreditch)
Mills Court, EC2A Mills Court - or Mill’s Court - lies off Charlotte Road (Shoreditch)
Milton Court, EC2Y Milton Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Milton Street, EC2Y Milton Street was formerly known as Grub Street (Barbican)
Mitchell Street, EC1V Mitchell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Monmouth House, EC1Y Monmouth House is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
Moor’s Garden, EC2P Moor’s Garden was buried under the platforms of Liverpool Street station (City of London)
Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y Moorfields Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Moorgate House, EC2A Moorgate House is a block on Dysart Street (Shoreditch)
Motley Street, Motley Street is an old East End street (Shoreditch)
Nena House, EC2A Nena House can be found on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
New North Place, EC2A New North Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Norman Street, EC1V Norman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Old Street, EC1Y Old Street runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell to a crossroads in Shoreditch. (Old Street)
Oliver’s Yard, EC2A Oliver’s Yard is a road in the EC2A postcode area (Clerkenwell)
One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y One Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)
Paton Street, EC1V Paton Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Paul Street, EC2A Paul Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Paul’s Alley, EC2Y Paul’s Alley ran along the former northern edge of London’s main Jewish cemetary (Barbican)
Peabody Tower, EC1Y Peabody Tower is a block on Golden Lane (Clerkenwell)
Phipp Street, EC2A Phipp Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Phipps Street, EC2A After 1877, the new name for John Street was Phipps Street, EC2 (Shoreditch)
Pindar Street, EC2A Pindar Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (City of London)
Plough Court, EC2Y Plough Court was renamed as part of Barbican in 1939 (Barbican)
Priestley House, EC1V Priestley House is a block on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is a location in London (Clerkenwell)
Quaker Court, EC1Y Quaker Court is a block on Banner Street (Clerkenwell)
Radnor Street, EC1V Radnor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Ravey Street, EC2A Ravey Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Red Cross Street, EC2Y Red Cross Street once ran to the junction of Beech Street and Golden Lane (Barbican)
Rivington House, EC2A Rivington House is a block on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Rivington Street, EC2A Rivington Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Old Street)
Roby House, EC1V Roby House is sited on Mitchell Street (Clerkenwell)
Ropemaker Street, EC2M Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Moorgate)
Roscoe Street, EC1Y Roscoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Scrutton Street, EC2A Scrutton Street is the eastern extension of Epworth Street (Shoreditch)
Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y Seddon Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y Shakespeare Tower can be found on Beech Street (Barbican)
Silk Street, EC2Y Silk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Old Street)
Snowden Street, EC2A Snowden Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (Shoreditch)
South Place, EC2M South Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Moorgate)
Speed House, EC2Y Speed House is a block on Speed Highwalk (Barbican)
St Giles Terrace, EC2Y St Giles Terrace lies alongside St Giles Cripplegate church (Barbican)
St Mary’s Tower, EC1Y St Mary’s Tower is a block on Fortune Street (Clerkenwell)
Standard Place, EC2A Standard Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Stanley Cohen House, EC1Y Stanley Cohen House is a block on Golden Lane (City of London)
Stapleton House, EC2A Stapleton House is a block on Clifton Street (Shoreditch)
Summit House, EC2A Summit House is a block on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Sun Street, EC2M Sun Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
Tabernacle Street, EC2A Tabernacle Street was where George Whitefield’s ’Tabernacle’ was built by his supporters after he separated from Wesley in 1741. (Shoreditch)
Technico House, EC2A Technico House is located on Christopher Street (City of London)
Telephone House, EC2A Telephone House is a block on Paul Street (Shoreditch)
Templeton House, EC1Y Templeton House is a block on Chiswell Street (Barbican)
The Bezier Apartments, EC1Y The Bezier Apartments is a block on City Road (Old Street)
The Postern, EC2Y The Postern is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y Thomas More Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Thomas More House, EC2Y Thomas More House is a block on Shaftesbury Place (Barbican)
Tilney Court, EC1Y Tilney Court lies off of Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Timber Street, EC1Y Timber Street was formerly called Norway Street (Clerkenwell)
Vandy Street, EC2A Vandy Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Victoria House, EC2A Victoria House is a location in London (Shoreditch)
Vince Street, EC1V Vince Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Old Street)
Viscount Street, EC1Y Viscount Street was a new name for Charles Street after 1939 (Barbican)
Wallside, EC2Y Wallside is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Warwick Yard, EC1Y Warwick Yard is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Wenlake House, EC1V Wenlake House is a block on Old Street (Clerkenwell)
Whitecross Place, EC2M Whitecross Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
Whitecross Street, EC1Y Whitecross Street was formerly a longer street in inner London. It now features a street market and a large housing estate (Clerkenwell)
Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y Willoughby Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Willoughby House, EC2Y Willoughby House is a building on Willoughby Highwalk (Barbican)
Willow Court, EC2A Willow Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Willow Street, EC2A Willow Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Wilson Street, EC2A Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Wilson Street, EC2M Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
Worship Mews, EC2A Worship Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Worship Street, EC2A Worship Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Zeus House 16-30, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode (Shoreditch)


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