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According to the tradition, a real Cockney is supposed to be born within hearing range of the Bow Bells, the bells of the church St. Mary-le-bow in east London's Cheapside.

Interestingly, this distance varies, depending on what direction from the church you are. A 2000 study estimated that the bells would have been heard six miles to the east, five miles to the north, three miles to the south, and four miles to the west, and according to the story of Dick Wittington, they could once be heard as far away as Highgate.

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