Where did "Elephant and Castle" (the place) get it's name from?

Answer 1

The name of the area derives from a pub of the same name in the area. The earliest surviving record of the pub's name is in the Court Leet Book of the Manor of Walworth. The court had met at "Elephant and Castle, Newington" on 21 March 1765. An external sign displayed in 2006 asserts that the pub was rebuilt in 1816 and 1898, although the present building, that offers budget accommodation on upper floors, appears to be of mid-20th Century construction.

The name itself predates this account. Apocryphally, it is a corruption of the Spanish Infanta de Castile, meaning the eldest daughter of a monarch, who had supposedly landed by Royal Barge in Newington (renamed Elephant and Castle in honour of Catherine) sometime during 1501, as the betrothed to Arthur, Henry VIII's elder brother who died leaving Catherine a widow. Another explanation is that the land belonged to the Cutlers' Company, who had an elephant and a castle on their coat of arms. The elephant referred to the ivory used to make handles for expensive cutlery.

The elephant and castle symbol was also used in a trade that made a far more important contribution to the London economy. It was the symbol of the Royal African Company, a group of slave-traders headed by the Stuart royal family when it retook the throne in 1660. Between the 1660s and the 1720s the company's symbol was used on British guinea coins to indicate that the source of the gold was the company's activity in Africa.

Answer 2

THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
is the name of the PUB, a the big roundabout .
The whole area is now named after it
The Elephant and Castle, Waterloo - London - UK Attraction
is a shopping centre and junction within London,
and is ... London -> Waterloo.
Bed & Breakfast accommodation near to The Elephant
and ...
www.ukattraction.com/london/the-elephant-and-castle.htm

To answer your question ;
the origin of the term Elephant and Castle
could relate to the king's menagerie located at,
the Tower of London.

Over the centuries various gifts ,
were given to the monarch by visiting foreign dignitaries.
Many of these gifts came with four legs,
and included lions, tigers,
and the most regal gift of all , an elephant.

It's understood that the elephant swam ,in the Thames and was tethered by a chain to stop it swimming away.
In the mid 1800's the animals were relocated to the new London zoo at Regent's park.

The only creatures at the Tower, were of course the Ravens, who, let's hope never leave if the old superstition is to be believed!

The Castle?---- Well ,the Tower of London itself.
London's own castle.

There was a huge statue of an elephant with a houda ( castle like saddle ) on its back
It is located at Waterloo London ( Elephant and castle area )

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Answer 3

Elephant and Castle.
The square takes its name from The Elephant and Castle pub which stands on one of its corners. The pub has a splendid old inn-sign showing an elephant equipped for battle with a castellated howdah on its back, rather like a castle from an old chess-set.

There has been an inn of the name Elephant and Castle on the same site since about 1760, and prior to that it was a smithy with the same name, or so Michael Quinion tells us. The smithy was apparently associated with the Cutlers' Company, a guild for makers of knives, scissors, and other cutting implements. Quinion says that the smithy's connection to elephants was in their use of ivory for knife handles.

Answer 4

Its name derives from the sign of a public house in the area, which shows an elephant surmounted by a castle.

Answer 5

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