how elephant and castle got it's name

[janetp]

i the story of the infantas is not true then how come that the people f castille gave a terra cotta elephant with the castle on top, to the elephant and castle pub which now stands on top of the shopping centre, and is a listed item,

[nicolab6]

The name for the area comes from the Pub with the same name that was originally there.  Obviously, the origins of the name are important to look at why the pub was called E&C in the first place, but it is the Pub which gave the name to the area in south London called Elephant and Castle.

[Peter Pedant]

its a rebus

[Quizmonster]

Click http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ele1.htm for an interesting website about the name.