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Elephant and Castle is one of five London tube stations named after a pub.

One thing Elephant and Castle is not named after is 'La Infanta de Castilla', seemingly referring to a series of Spanish princesses such as Eleanor of Castile and María, the daughter of Philip III of Spain. However, Eleanor of Castile was not an infanta - the term only appeared in English about 1600. María has a strong British connection because she was once controversially engaged to Charles I, but she had no connection with Castile. Infanta de Castilla therefore seems to be a conflation of two Iberian royals separated by 300 years.

Regardless, the pub of that name gave its name to the station, and in turn the station to the nearby area - originally called Newington.

Elephant & Castle tube station is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line between Kennington and Borough, and is the southern terminus of the Bakerloo Line.

The station was built in two stages. The Northern Line station opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the first deep-level tube, the City & South London Railway (C&SLR). The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) station opened on 5 August 1906, five months after the rest of the line. Although belonging to separate companies, the platforms were connected below ground from 10 August 1906.

The first baby to be born on the underground was born at the station in 1924. Press reports claimed that she had been named Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor (so that her initials would have read T.U.B.E.) but this story later proved false, and she was named Marie Cordery. Elephant and Castle seems to specialise in names which prove false!




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Johnshort   
Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT   

Hurley Road, SE11
There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry.

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Reply
   
Added: 17 Dec 2023 21:57 GMT   

Hurley Road, SE11
I remember Danny reading we lived opposite him at number 15 he used to give us rides in his lorry and a bottle of cola if he was carrying it on the lorry x


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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT   

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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C Hobbs   
Added: 31 Jan 2024 23:53 GMT   

George Gut (1853 - 1861)
George Gut, Master Baker lived with his family in Long Lane.
George was born in Bernbach, Hesse, Germany and came to the UK sometime in the 1840s. In 1849, George married an Englishwoman called Matilda Baker and became a nauralized Englishman. He was given the Freedom of the City of London (by Redemption in the Company of Bakers), in 1853 and was at that time, recorded as living at 3 Long Lane. In the 1861 census, George Gut was living at 11 Long Lane.

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360-London, SE11 360-London is a 44-storey tower featuring 470 residential units (Newington)
Albert Barnes House, SE1 Albert Barnes House can be found on New Kent Road (Elephant and Castle)
Alder Path, SE17 Alder Path lies in Elephant and Castle (Walworth)
All Hallows Place, SE1 All Hallows Place disappeared due to Second World World bombing
Applegarth House, SE1 Residential block
Arch Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Elephant and Castle)
Argent Street, SE1 Silver Street connected Orange Street (now Copperfield Street) and Loman Street
Arrol House, SE1 Arrol House is a block on Rockingham Street (Elephant and Castle)
Art Works Elephant, SE17 Art Works Elephant is a location in London (Elephant and Castle)
Art Works House, SE17 Art Works House is a location in London (Elephant and Castle)
Artworks House, SE17 Artworks House is a location in London (Elephant and Castle)
Ash Avenue, SE12 Ash Avenue is a location in London (Elephant and Castle)
Austral Street, SE11 Austral Street runs from West Square to Brook Drive (Newington)
Avonmouth House, SE1 Avonmouth House can be found on Avonmouth Street (Elephant and Castle)
Avonmouth Street, SE1 Avonmouth Street was formerly called Devonshire Street (Elephant and Castle)
Ayliffe Place, SE1 Ayliffe Place was situated at the end of Ayliffe Street (Elephant and Castle)
Banks House, SE1 Banks House is located on Rockingham Street (Elephant and Castle)
Barbel Street, SE1 Barbel Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)
Barkham Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Bath House, SE1 Bath House can be found on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Bath Terrace, SE1 Bath Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Belvedere Buildings, SE1 Belvedere Buildings is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Binnie House, SE1 Binnie House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Bodley Way, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Walworth)
Borough Road, SE1 Borough Road runs east-west between St George’s Circus and Borough High Street (Newington)
Boyfield Street, SE1 Boyfield Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Bramwell House, SE1 Bramwell House is a building on Harper Road (Elephant and Castle)
Bramwell House, SE17 Bramwell House is a block on Harper Road (Elephant and Castle)
Brandon Street, SE17 Brandon Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Walworth)
Braque Building, SE1 Braque Building is a building on Ewer Street
Brockham Street, SE1 Brockham Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)
Brook Drive, SE11 Brook Drive - Brook Street until 1937 - runs along the boundary between the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark (Newington)
Brookwood House, SE1 Brookwood House is a building on Webber Street
Brunlees House, SE1 Brunlees House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Castle Square, SE17 Castle Square is a location in London (Elephant and Castle)
Castlebrook Close, SE11 Castlebrook Close is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Charleston Street, SE17 Charleston Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Walworth)
Churchyard Row, SE11 Churchyard Row runs along the west side of St Mary’s Churchyard (Newington)
Clandon House, SE1 Clandon House is located on Boyfield Street
Collinson Court, SE1 Collinson Court is a block on Great Suffolk Street
Collinson Walk, SE1 Collinson Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area
Colnbrook Street, SE1 Colnbrook Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Copperfield Street, SE1 Copperfield Street was named after the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, by association with nearby Dickens Square
County Street, SE1 County Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Dante Place, SE11 Dante Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Newington)
Dante Road, SE11 Commemorates the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (died 1321), author of The Divine Comedy. (Newington)
Deacon Street, SE17 Deacon Street is a location in London (Elephant and Castle)
Deacon Way, SE17 Deacon Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Devonshire House, SE1 Devonshire House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Dibdin Apartments, SE1 Dibdin Apartments is located on Blackfriars Road
Dibdin Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)
Dickens Square, SE1 Dickens Square is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Draper House, SE1 Draper House is a block on A3 (Elephant and Castle)
Dryden Court, SE11 Dryden Court is a block in Newington (Newington)
Dugard Way, SE11 Dugard Way is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Newington)
Elba Place, SE17 Elba Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Walworth)
Elephant & Castle, SE1 Elephant & Castle is a name for a short section of road beside the noted junction of the same name (Elephant and Castle)
Elephant Road, SE17 Elephant Road runs along the back of the railway tracks at Elephant & Castle (Elephant and Castle)
Ellington House, SE1 Ellington House is a block on Harper Road (Elephant and Castle)
Elliott’s Row, SE11 Elliott’s Row is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Ernst Building, SE1 Ernst Building is a block on Union Street
Falmouth Road, SE1 The lower half of Falmouth Road - known at first as St George’s Road - was laid out just before 1830 across land on lease to the Brandon Trustees (Newington)
Farnham House, SE1 Farnham House is a building on Union Street
Farrell Court, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Elephant and Castle)
Fraser Court, SE1 Fraser Court is a block on Brockham Street (Elephant and Castle)
Gaitskell Way, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street - then called William Street - was already on the 1800 maps of London
Garden Row, SE1 Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Gare Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode
Gaunt Street, SE1 Gaunt Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Gay Street, SE1 Gay Street is a road in the SW15 postcode area
Gaywood Street, SE1 Gaywood Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
George Mathers Road, SE11 George Mathers Road runs west from Dante Road (Newington)
Geraldine Street, SE11 Geraldine Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Gilbert Road, SE11 Gilbert Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Gilmour Section House, SE11 Gilmour Section House is a block on Renfrew Road (Newington)
Gladstone Street, SE1 Gladstone Street was built in the 1840s (Newington)
Globe View House, SE1 Globe View House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Gloucester Court, SE1 Gloucester Court can be found on Swan Street (Newington)
Great Suffolk Street, SE1 Great Suffolk Street was at one time called Dirty Lane
Hampton Street, SE17 Hampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Hannibal House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Elephant and Castle)
Harper Road, SE1 Harper Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Hayles Street, SE11 Hayles Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Hedger Street, SE11 Hedger Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Helen Gladstone House, SE1 Helen Gladstone House is a block on Nelson Square
Heralds Place, SE11 Heralds Place is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Newington)
Heygate Street, SE17 Heygate Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Walworth)
Hoadly House, SE1 Hoadly House is a block on Union Street
Holyoak Road, SE11 Holyoak Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Kennington)
Howell Walk, SE1 Howell Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
Hurley House, SE11 Hurley House is a block on Kennington Lane (Lambeth)
Hurley Road, SE11 Hurley Road ran north from Lower Kennington Lane (Newington)
Kell Street, SE1 Kell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)
Kempsford Road, SE11 Kempsford Road is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Lambeth)
Keyworth Street, SE1 Keyworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
King James Court, SE1 King James Court leads off King James Street
Kings Bench Street, SE1 Kings Bench Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Knight’s Walk, SE11 Knight’s Walk is a pedestrian-only street linking Kennington Lane to Kempsford Road (Newington)
Lagare Apartments, SE1 Lagare Apartments is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Lake House, SE1 Lake House is a block on Scovell Road
Lamlash Street, SE11 Lamlash Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Lant Street, SE1 Lant Street derives its name from the Lant family who inherited the estates known as Southwark Place
Larcom Street, SE17 Larcom Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Walworth)
Laurie House, SE1 Laurie House is sited on Gaywood Street (Elephant and Castle)
Lefroy House, SE1 Lefroy House is a block on Collinson Street
Linton House, SE1 Linton House is a block on Union Street
Loman Street, SE1 Loman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
London Road, SE1 London Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)
Longridge House, SE1 Longridge House is a block on Falmouth Road (Elephant and Castle)
Longville Road, SE11 Longville Road connects Churchyard Row with Dante Road (Newington)
Markstone House, SE1 Markstone House is a block on Lancaster Street
Marlborough Close, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Elephant and Castle)
Martin House, SE1 Martin House is a block on Falmouth Road (Elephant and Castle)
Meadow Row, SE1 Meadow Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Melbway House, SE1 Melbway House is a block on Meadow Row (Elephant and Castle)
Monkton Street, SE11 Monkton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Newington)
Nelson Square, SE1 Nelson Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area
New Kent Road, SE1 New Kent Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
Newington Butts, SE1 Newington Butts, once a hamlet, now forms part of the London Borough of Southwark (Elephant and Castle)
Newington Butts, SE11 Newington Butts is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Kennington)
Newington Causeway, SE1 Newington Causeway appears to have been so named in the middle of the 18th century (Elephant and Castle)
Newington Court, SE1 Newington Court is a block on Newington Court (Newington)
Newman House, SE1 Newman House is a block on Garden Row (Newington)
Nightingale Mews, SE11 Nightingale Mews is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Newington)
Olwen House, SE1 Olwen House is sited on Loman Street
Ontario Street, SE1 Ontario Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
Orient Street, SE11 Orient Street is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Newington)
Oswin Street, SE11 Oswin Street is a road in the SE11 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
Palestra House, SE1 Palestra House is a block on Blackfriars Road
Pastor Street, SE1 Pastor Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)
Patrick Court, SE1 Patrick Court is a block on Webber Street
Pepper Street, SE1 Pepper Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Perronet House, SE1 Perronet House is an 11-storey residential council tower block adjacent to the northern roundabout of the Elephant and Castle (Elephant and Castle)
Pioneer/Signal Building, SE1 Pioneer/Signal Building is a block on Newington Causeway (Elephant and Castle)
Plymouth Chambers, SE17 Plymouth Chambers was a named address just off the New Kent Road (Elephant and Castle)
Pocock Street, SE1 Pocock Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Princess Street, SE1 Princess Street runs between London Road and St George’s Road (Elephant and Castle)
Prospect House, SE1 Prospect House is a block on Gaywood Street (Elephant and Castle)
Rankine House, SE1 Rankine House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Renfrew Road, SE11 Renfrew Road is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Newington)
Rennie House, SE1 Rennie House is a building on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Risborough Street, SE1 Risborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Rockingham Street, SE1 Rockingham Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Rodney Place, SE17 Rodney Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Walworth)
Rosa Parks House, SE17 Rosa Parks House is a block on Munton Road (Walworth)
Rosler Building, SE1 Rosler Building is a block on Ewer Street
Rotary Street, SE1 Rotary Street runs from Borough Road to Thomas Doyle Street (Newington)
Rowland Hill House, SE1 Rowland Hill House is a block on Union Street
Rumford House, SE1 Rumford House is sited on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Rushworth Street, SE1 Rushworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Sawyer Street, SE1 Sawyer Street is named after Bob Sawyer, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by local resident Charles Dickens
Sayer Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Walworth)
Silex Street, SE1 Silex Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Sir John Soane Apartments, SE17 Sir John Soane Apartments is a block on O’Callaghan Way (Walworth)
Skipton House, SE1 Skipton House is a block on London Road (Elephant and Castle)
Smeaton Court, SE1 Smeaton Court is a block on Rockingham Street (Elephant and Castle)
South Bank Technopark, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Newington)
South Garden Court, SE17 South Garden Court is located on O’Callaghan Way (Walworth)
Spare Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode (Elephant and Castle)
St Alphege House, SE1 Residential block
St Gabriel Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Elephant and Castle)
St George’s Court, SE1 St George’s Court is a block on Garden Row (Newington)
St Georges Road, SE1 St Georges Road is one of the main thoroughfares of south London (Newington)
St George’s Circus, SE1 St Georges Circus is a junction where six major roads meet (Newington)
St Marys Walk, SE11 St Marys Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE11 postal area (Newington)
St Matthews Court, SE1 St Matthews Court is a block on Meadow Row (Elephant and Castle)
St. Georges Cottages, SE1 St. Georges Cottages is a location in London
St. Georges Mews, SE1 St George’s Mews lies off of Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)
Steedman Street, SE17 Steedman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Stephenson House, SE1 Stephenson House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Stopher House, SE1 Stopher House is a block on Webber Street
Sudrey Street, SE1 Sudrey Street was formerly Little Suffolk Street
Surrey Row, SE1 Surrey Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Surrey Rowe, SE1 Surrey Rowe is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Tarn Street, SE1 Tarn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Tavern Court, SE1 Tavern Court is a block on New Kent Road (Elephant and Castle)
Telford House, SE1 Telford House is located on Tiverton Street (Elephant and Castle)
The Chandlery, SE1 The Chandlery is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Thobal Place, SE1 Thomas Place became Thobal Place in 1892 (Elephant and Castle)
Thomas Doyle Street, SE1 Thomas Doyle Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)
Thorold House, SE1 Thorold House is a block on Pepper Street
Tiverton Street, SE1 Tiverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Tomline House, SE1 Tomline House is located on Union Street
Trelawney House, SE1 Trelawney House can be found on Union Street
Trinity House, SE1 Trinity House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)
Trundle Street, SE1 Trundle Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Two Eagles House, SE11 Two Eagles House is located on Brooke Drive (Newington)
Union House, SE1 Union House is a block on Great Suffolk Street
Union Street, SE1 Union Street was so-called as it linked two other streets
Vaughan House, SE1 Vaughan House is a block on Nelson Square
Walcot Square, SE11 Walcot Square’s late Georgian terraced houses surround a private triangular garden owned and maintained by the Walcot Foundation (Newington)
Walworth Road, SE1 The northernmost section of Walworth Road, nearest to the Elephant and Castle lies in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)
Walworth Square, SE17 Walworth Square is a location in London (Walworth)
Wansey Street, SE17 Wansey Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area (Walworth)
Wardroper House, SE1 Wardroper House is a block on St George’s Road (Newington)
Watling House, SE17 Watling House is a block on New Kent Road (Walworth)
Waynflete House, SE1 Waynflete House is a block on Union Street
Webber Street, SE1 Webber Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area
Weller Street, SE1 Weller Street is one of several local streets named after Dickens characters
Wellesley Court, SE1 Wellesley Court is a block on Rockingham Street (Elephant and Castle)
West Combe Apartments, SE1 West Combe Apartments is a block on Newington Causeway (Elephant and Castle)
West Square, SE11 West Square was developed from 1794 onwards (Newington)
Whitehorse Mews, SE1 Whitehorse Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)
Whitworth House, SE1 Whitworth House is sited on Falmouth Road (Elephant and Castle)
Wicksteed House, SE1 Wicksteed House is located on County Street (Elephant and Castle)
Wicksteed House, SE17 Wicksteed House is a block on County Street (Elephant and Castle)
Winchester Close, SE11 A street within the SE17 postcode (Kennington)
Winchester House, SE1 Winchester House is sited on Southwark Bridge Road
Wireworks Court, SE1 Wireworks Court is a block on Great Suffolk Street
Wollaston Close, SE17 A street within the SE1 postcode (Elephant and Castle)
Wykeham House, SE1 Wykeham House is a block on Union Street

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Elephant and Castle tavern The name Elephant and Castle which now gives its name to this whole area of London was is derived from a coaching inn.


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