
A street within the SE17 postcode
Amelia Street, SE17 Amelia Street originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen, a local builder, between 1886 and 1901. Bath Terrace, SE1 Bath Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Deacon Way, SE17 Deacon Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area. East Street, SE17 East Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area. Elba Place, SE17 Elba Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area. Gaunt Street, SE1 Gaunt Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Harper Road, SE1 Harper Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Iliffe Yard, SE17 Iliffe Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area. Law Street, SE1 Law Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Meadow Row, SE1 Meadow Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Rodney Road, SE17 Rodney Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area. Tarn Street, SE1 Tarn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Wingrave, SE17 Wingrave is one of the streets of London in the SE17 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!
In the neighbourhood...
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