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Deptford St Nicholas was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. The creation of the parish accompanied the building of the Church of St Paul's, Deptford, constructed by the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches to meet the demands of the growing population.
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Dockyards.
In October 1940, incendiary bombs fell on the church; the beautiful interior of St Nicholas’ as it is today is the result of the ingenuity and inspiration of Mr Alan Ford and the artistic gifts of the Revd Kenneth Francis, who was vicar during the period of restoration in 1958.
Hace 5 días · Deptford lies in the hundred of Blackheath, at the distance of about four miles from London-bridge, near the high road from Canterbury to Dover: by an Act of Parliament, passed in 1730, the parish was divided into two; distinguished by the names of St. Nicholas, and St. Paul.
Hace 1 día · The town of Deptford—anciently written Depeord—which lies on the east side of Rotherhithe, and stretches away to Lewisham on the south, and to Greenwich on the east, was, at a very remote period, known as West Greenwich.
The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Lewisham along with the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham.
28 de nov. de 2023 · Guide to Deptford St Nicholas, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
