Plantain Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
Angel Place, SE1 Angel Place was the site of the Marshalsea Prison between 1811 and 1842. Baden Place, SE1 Baden Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Cole Street, SE1 Cole Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Crosby Row, SE1 Crosby Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Disney Place, SE1 Disney Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Doyce Street, SE1 Doyce Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Hankey Place, SE1 Hankey Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Kirby Grove, SE1 Kirby Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Lamb Walk, SE1 Lamb Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Lant Street, SE1 Lant Street derives its name from the Lant family who inherited the estates known as Southwark Olace. Law Street, SE1 Law Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Long Lane, SE1 Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Lower Road, SE1 Lower Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Marshalsea Road, SE1 Marshalsea Road was previously called Mint Street after a royal Tudor coin mint in the area. Melior Place, SE1 Melior Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Middle Yard, SE1 Middle Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Mint Street, SE1 Mint Street, an ancient Southwark street, (now) runs off Marchelsea Road. Oxford Drive, SE1 Oxford Drive is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Snowsfields, SE1 Snowsfields is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Swan Street, SE1 Swan Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Tabard Street, SE1 Tabard Street was the old road to Kent and called Kent Street until 1877. Talbot Yard, SE1 Talbot Yard used to host one of the most famous inns in English literature. The Mews, SE1 The Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Tyers Gate, SE1 Tyers Gate is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Vine Yard, SE1 Vine Yard 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. Wilds Rents, SE1 Wilds Rents is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
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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