Cockney places in london?

Question

Can someone please list all the cockney places in london. Where abouts in london are these places?

Thankyou

Answer 1

You must be within earshot of the chimes of St Mary le Bow Church.



St Mary-le-Bow

Cheapside

London EC2V 6AU



Don't expect to see any Pearly Kings and Pearly Queens.

Answer 2

Cockney Area

Answer 3

The region in which "Cockneys" are thought to reside is not clearly defined. A common view is that in order to be a Cockney, one must have been born within earshot of the Bow Bells.[13] However, the church of St Mary-le-Bow was destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. After the bells were destroyed again in 1941 in The Blitz of World War II, and before they were replaced in 1961, there was a period when by this definition no 'Bow-bell' Cockneys could be born.[14] The use of such a literal definition produces other problems, since the area around the church is no longer residential and the noise of the area makes it unlikely that many people would be born within earshot of the bells anymore,[15] although Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' hospital are both within the defined area covered by the sound of the Bow Bells, suggesting a reasonable number of South London Cockneys continue to be born within the sound of the bells. The closest maternity unit was the East London Maternity Hospital in Stepney which was 2.5 miles from St Mary-le-Bow and was in use from 1884 to 1968. A study was carried out by the city in 2000 to see how far the Bow Bells could be heard,[citation needed] and it was estimated that the bells would have been heard six miles to the east, five miles to the north, three miles to the south, and four miles to the west. According to the legend of Dick Whittington the bells could once be heard from as far away as Highgate.[16] The association with Cockney and the East End in the public imagination may be due to many people assuming that Bow Bells are to be found in the district of Bow, rather than the lesser known St Mary-le-Bow church. Thus while all East Enders are Cockneys, not all Cockneys are East Enders.

Answer 4

East london is generally known as Cockney but its hard to find a place that is sterotypically cockney due to the great diversity that is London.

Answer 5

East London - Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Stepney, Wapping, Limehouse, Poplar, Clerkenwell, Aldgate, Shoreditch, Millwall, Hackney, Hoxton, Bow and Mile End.



To be honest, I know about 5 people that have REALLY thick cockney accents and are stuck in the old ways. I'm a cockney myself, but no one really notices because the accent isn't as strong around here anymore. It's mostly older people that have the strong accent.

Answer 6

"Traditional Cockney" areas like the East End (Bow, Bethnal Green, Shoreditch etc.) and south of the river (Bermondsey, Walworth, Camberwell etc.) are now either mostly international areas or full of "yuppies" from other parts of the country. A lot of cockneys have moved to Outer east and southeast London which are less popular with immigrants and yuppies alike, therefore the following areas are what can be considered the most "cockney" in 2013: Dagenham, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster, Eltham, Sidcup, Welling, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Orpington.

Answer 7

The London Cockney is a dying breed. Don't expect to hear people speak in Patois: wee

ll not English patois at any rate.



The East End of London, and parts of Essex still have what i would call a "London' accent. Most of us Londoners speak very differently now.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney

Answer 8

You must be sure to be within the sound of 'Bow Bells', whatever in heck they are.. There is a rhyme which tells you the sound of each bell peal in London, but it is not known by Londoners, it is for the amusement of those who teach small children songs in far flung parts of the country. I think Bow Church is in the borough of Tower Hamlets, one of our quainter corners of the capital city and well worth spending the evening wandering round in the hope of hearing nightingales or pigeons or whatever else you may encounter.



You may well encounter some of the old coster mongers calls, ' buy my loverly laces' 'flarwers fer yer young lady' 'cockles and mussels' 'What you lookin for mon?' 'Gis your mobile or I'll f---cking cut you' etc.



If you can find your way through one of our famous 'pea soupers', ( a famous London fog, now rare due to the clean air acts, but sometimes to be seen if an outbreak of arson has occurred), you may find your way to one of our quaint London Pubs. You will know if you have found the genuine Cockney article because there will be sure to be some local character with a musical talent banging out a tune on the old pub 'Joanna' ( this is rhyming slang for piano). He will be playing some well known tune to which the regulars will be joining in, such as ..'roll out the barrel' or 'Doing the Lambeth Walk' and there is always sure to be one of the famous 'pearly Queens or :Pearly Kings' doing a dance on the pub table and raising her skirt daringly above the knee to show the Spirit of merriment which such occasions are intended to inspire.



They will be dressed like this: http://bit.ly/10csjwn



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On the other hand, if you walk into a pub in the same area, and find a large black man of a certain age and corpulence, flanked by two guys much younger and of unfriendly appearance, and he asks you if you have come for some heroin, or what the hell you think you doing there - this is probably not a place certified by the English Tourist Board as a recommended guest house;.

Answer 9

A Cockney is anyone who is born within the sound of Bow Bells. Bow Church is in east London about 4 miles from central London