Bow Bells
Cockney birthright sound
Bow Bells are the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church in Cheapside, London.
Traditionally, a true Cockney is someone born within earshot of Bow Bells—roughly the East End of London.
The bells were destroyed in World War II and recast in 1961.
He was born within the sound of Bow Bells.
- LondonEngland's capital city
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- chimesTuned percussion bells
- pealingRinging out loudly
- rhyming slangSubstitution using sound-alike phrases
apples and pears · East End · ringing · born · steeple · tolling · City of London · Wren · Christopher Wren · curfew · peal · soundscape · heritage · clanging · parish · birthright · echoing · medieval
- LondonChelsea, Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Big Ben
- East EndEast End, Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel, cockney, Cockney rhyming slang
- East LondonWhitechapel, Stratford, Shoreditch, Docklands, Tower Hamlets
- London slanginnit, bruv, fam, roadman, bare
- Victorian PeriodicalsBelgravia
- Victorian LondonLondon, Thames, Big Ben, Westminster, East End
london social/geographic identity
Bow BellsWestminster
London's political center
Westminster chimes · Big Ben · Mayfair · Belgravia · Kensington
British class signifiers
Bow BellsBBC English
Standard British broadcast accent
Eton · Oxford · Oxbridge · landed gentry · aristocracy