St Luke's is an area in the London Borough of Islington, just north of the City of London near the Barbican and Shoreditch. It takes its name from the church of St Luke's, on Old Street west of the tube station. The area extends north of the church to City Road and south to Finsbury Square and Whitecross Street. The name is rarely used today.
Read more about St Luke's: History, Whitecross Street Market, St Luke's Parochial Trust
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“Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 24:39.
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