Bow Bells - please help

[cardiff]

Hi
 Have been searching for birth could someone tell me if you where born in Shoreditch would you be in the sound of bow bells? date of the birth 1872
cheers cardiff

[Mum44]

Back then, yes - Shoreditch was in the list of parishes deemed to be within the sound of Bow Bells.

The din in London now, apparently, means the area has contracted a bit!

Google Bow Bells - Wickpedia has a list of parishes.

[cardiff]

Thank you
cheers cardiff

[Tsu]

I thought that Bow Bells was St Mary Le Bow in Cheapside and not in Bow at all.

Shoreditch (my lot's stomping ground) was well within the sound of St Mary Le Bow.

[Mum44]

Yes Tsu - apparently the mis-understanding arose through people just not adding "-le Bow" to the name of the church - but those are the bells in question.

[suzard]

(link not working)
Google Genealogy-Cockney Origins

gives information and a map of where Bow bells can be heard

Suz

[Berlin-Bob]

Here's the link:

Cockney Origins
http://www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk/cockney.htm

steeljam used to be a great site for London, but the home page now says "not in use" 

Bob

[Berlin-Bob]

Carried on looking (www.steeljam in search engine).

some of the pages are still around though:

Churches of London (with map)
http://www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk/churches/londonchurchlocation.htm

and a 1901 census page finder
http://www.steeljam.co.uk/1901census/1901.html

and Lord Mayors of London, from 1189
http://www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk/lordmayorchrono.htm

and others have been archived.
Hope it goes back online again    ^(*)

Bob

^(*) Update:

Ahaaa !!!!  under this address
http://www.steeljam.co.uk

you get a quick message "....  work is still on progress on this site ...." and then you get redirected to their ancestor pages,  so keep hoping that it doesn't take long 

[Berlin-Bob]

ps.

There are other topics on this theme on RootsChat.
I've added some under Bow Bells and Cockneys to the

RootsChat Reference Library ->Lexicon ^{(click here)}


and for a bit of 'local colour' - Pearly Kings and Queens