<P> The Elephant has two linked London Underground stations, on the Northern and Bakerloo lines, and a National Rail station served by Southeastern (Kentish Town to Sevenoaks via Catford) and Thameslink (suburban loop to Sutton and Wimbledon), and other Thameslink services to Kent . </P> <P> Local buildings include Skipton House, part of the Department of Health; Perronet House, an award - winning residential block owned by Southwark Council; a large part of the London South Bank University campus; the London College of Communication; the Ministry of Sound nightclub; and the Metropolitan Tabernacle . The Cuming Museum is nearby on Walworth Road . </P> <P> The name "Elephant and Castle" is derived from a coaching inn . The earliest surviving record of this name relating to the area appears in the Court Leet Book of the Manor of Walworth, which met at "Elephant and Castle, Newington" on 21 March 1765 . Previously the site was occupied by a blacksmith and cutler--the coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers features an elephant with a castle (representing a howdah) on its back, which in turn was used because of the use of elephant ivory in handles . </P> <P> Shakespeare mentions the Elephant Lodgings in "Twelfth Night". In Act 3 Scene 3 Antonio says "In the south suburbs, at the Elephant, is best to lodge ." Although the play is set in Illyria in the Balkans, Shakespeare often used local London references . The theatres were all in Southwark, so Shakespeare's line may represent an advertisement for a local hostelry . "The Elephant" is a common present - day nickname for the Elephant and Castle . </P>

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