St Mary-le-Bow
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St Mary-le-Bow on Cheapside is famous for its bells, which by tradition define a true Cockney as anyone born within their sound. Rebuilt by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire, it carries one of his most admired steeples, a soaring composition of columns crowned by a dragon weathervane. The church stands above a Norman crypt whose stone arches, or bows, gave the building its name. Destroyed again in the Blitz and restored in the 1960s, it remains a City landmark tied to London's folklore.
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