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This is the Conversation Forum for 'Oranges and Lemons' - The Nursery Rhyme << Oranges and Lemons eww >> Subject: Some more titbits Posted Nov 19, 2006 by infohound   Posting 1 I found another site which quotes a full version of the rhyme and also identifies all the churches; there is an extra couplet in it, viz. "You owe me ten shillings say the bells of St Helens" http://www.rhymes.org.uk/oranges_and_lemons.htm Point of information re contending churches : Surely this rhyme is about bells and churches in the City of London (London Town). Neither St Martin-in-the-Fields nor St Clement Danes is or has ever been in the City of London. I know that Whitechapel and Stepney are both outside the City, but in olden times the City spread to the East and not to the West, and I suspect that those places were considered as suburbs in exactly the way that Westminster was not. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Some more titbits Posted Nov 20, 2006 by Thought I should change my name back to 'Mina' to avoid confusion This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Thanks for reading the entry! It's nice to know that all this time after I wrote it, people are still reading. The City of London has never really spread past the Tower, as that was the limit of the City Wall - A2266832 - and it's always simply been the swuare mile. I suppose that depends on what you mean by 'olden' times, and what you mean by spread though. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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