Rushworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
St George’s Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, usually known as St George’s Cathedral, Southwark is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. The Angel The Angel was a public house in Webber Street. The Ring The Ring was a boxing stadium which once stood on Blackfriars Road in Southwark. Barons Place, SE1 Barons Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Blackfriars Road, SE1 Blackfriars Road runs between St George’s Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the northern end, leading to the City of London. Borough Road, SE1 Borough Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Boundary Row, SE1 Boundary Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Brad Street, SE1 Brad Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Burrows Mews, SE1 Burrows Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Cons Street, SE1 Emma Cons was the founder of the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall, that later became known as the Old Vic. Cooper Close, SE1 Cooper Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Copperfield Street, SE1 Copperfield Street was named after the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, by association with nearby Dickens Square. Coral Street, SE1 Coral Street 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. Ewer Street, SE1 Ewer Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Gaunt Street, SE1 Gaunt Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Greet Street, SE1 Greet Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Joan Street, SE1 Joan Street 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. Loman Street, SE1 Loman Street 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. Mint Street, SE1 Mint Street, an ancient Southwark street, (now) runs off Marchelsea Road. Peabody Square, SE1 Peabody Square was a traditional Peabody estate constructed in 1871 but subsequently modernised. Sawyer Street, SE1 Sawyer Street is named after Bob Sawyer, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by local resident Charles Dickens. Scovell Road, SE1 Scovell Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Short Street, SE1 Short Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Silex Street, SE1 Silex Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. 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. Swan Street, SE1 Swan Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. The Cut, SE1 The Cut is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. The Foundry, SE1 The Foundry is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Theed Street, SE1 Theed Street 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. Waterloo Road, SE1 Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo area straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
Weller Street, SE1 Weller Street is one of several local streets named after Dickens characters.
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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