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PS "Elephant and Castle" is apparantly a corruption of "Infanta de Castille"
Interesting - I heard that the locksmiths had an elephant and a castle on their coat of arms, that they were prevalent in this area of London and that was how the name came about. Can't answer for the veracity or otherwise, however.
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