Talk:Elephant and Castle

message: The origin of the name is not correct.
Arthur married Catharine of Aragon, who on his death married Henry(VIII).
The Infanta de Castile was probably Elaenor of Castile, daugther of Ferdinand III, King of Castille.
She married King Edward I of England.
"The name of the area is derived from the first wife of King Edward I, Eleanor of Castile. Queen Eleanor had been the Infanta of Castile. When she arrived in England this sounded, to the ears of Londoners like Elephant and Castle."
Is this etymology attested to anywhere?  Would 13th century Surreymen have known what an elephant was?
Jperrylsu 16:36, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Belated reply; the above is a widely repeated urban myth and is completely untrue. The title "Infanta" was not in use in this period. – iridescent 18:25, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

message: I have never heard Hannibal House described as ugly.  it's just a rectangular slab - soulless, boring but not hideous.  Alexander Fleming House is different.  Ian Fleming hated it so much that he used the name of its architect, Goldfinger, as the name of one of his villains. .--Londoneye 23:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: We had much better photos than this. Where have they all gone? Secretlondon 06:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: In an interview with Craig Ferguson, Michael Caine explains the "Elephant" district since he named his book "The Elephant to Hollywood". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPRsXOSGXAI Caine says it's actually a mis-pronouncing of "Infanta di Castille" and it stuck (either a mistress, or some say a princess). Another source is here,
with a comment confirming "She was referred to as L'enfant de castille (Child of the Castle) and we Brits being masters of foreign languages bastardised it to Elephant & Castle..." http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/938 142.229.92.13 (talk) 21:02, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
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message: The dot on the map looks like it is dead-center. I am tempted to edit this, but there is probably some obscure reason not to, right? — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:E465:CA4F:4607:5398 (talk) 07:18, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
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