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Bow Bells (bō), in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (Bow Church), Cheapside, London, England. The church is located in mid-London, and tradition says that only one who is born within sound of the Bow Bells is a true Londoner, or Cockney. According to legend the Bow Bells called Dick Whittington (see Whittington, Richard Whittington, Richard, 1358–1423, English merchant and lord mayor of London. He made his fortune as a mercer and then entered London politics to become successively councilman, alderman, sheriff, and finally (1397) lord mayor, an office to which he was elected
..... Click the link for more information. ) back to London. The fine steeple, which is over 222 ft (68 m) high, was constructed by Christopher Wren when he rebuilt the church after the great fire of 1666; the crypt of the original Norman church, with the arches (bows) for which the church is named, still stands.

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famous bell in East End of London; “only one who is born within the bell’s sound is a true Cockney.” [Br. Hist.: NCE, 347]

See : Cockney

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Born Barbara Ann Deeks in Whitechapel in 1927 - within the sound of the Bow Bells - no wonder she felt destined for EastEnders.

Save my career? It saved my life; EXCLUSIVE by The Mirror (London, England)

Byline: Steve Brown West Ham 2 Middlesbrough 1 FOR Middlesbrough, the Bow bells have tolled.

Boro consigned to the Championship by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

They are the Bow Bells in the rhyme Oranges And Lemons, within the range of whose sound true Cockneys must be born.

On This Day by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

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