DEPTFORD
, a See also:south-eastern See also:metropolitan See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:London, See also:England, bounded N. by See also:Bermondsey, E. by the See also:river See also:Thames and See also:Greenwich, S. by See also:Lewisham and W. by See also:Camberwell
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Pop
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(1901) 110,398
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The name is connected with a See also:ford over the Ravensbourne, a stream entering the Thames through Deptford See also:Creek
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The borough comprises only the See also:parish of Deptford St See also:Paul, that of Deptford St See also:Nicholas being included in the borough of Greenwich
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Deptford is a See also:district of poor streets, inhabited by a large See also:industrial See also:population, employed in See also:engineering and other See also:riverside See also:works
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On the river front, extending into the borough of Greenwich, are the royal victualling yard and the site of the old Deptford dockyard
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The first supplies the See also:navy with provisions, medicines, See also:furniture, &c., manufactured or stored in the large warehouses here
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The dockyard ceased to be used in 1869, and was filled up and converted into a See also:foreign See also:cattle See also:market by the See also:City See also:Corporation
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Of public buildings the most noteworthy are St Paul's See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (1730), of classic See also:design; the municipal buildings; and the See also:hospital for See also:master mariners, maintained by the corporation of the Trinity See also:House, which was founded at Deptford, the old See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall being pulled down in 1787
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Other institutions are the Goldsmiths' See also:Polytechnic See also:Institute, New See also:Cross; and the South-eastern See also:fever hospital
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A See also:mansion known as Sayes See also:Court, taken down in 1729, was the See also:residence of the See also:duke of See also:Sussex in the reign of See also:Elizabeth; it was occupied in the following See also:century by See also:John See also:Evelyn, author of Sylva, and by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the See also:Great during his residence in England in 1698
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The site of its gardens is occupied by Deptford See also:Park of 11 acres
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Another open space is See also:Telegraph See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (9z acres)
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The See also:parliamentary borough of Deptford returns one member
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The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen, and 36 councillors
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See also:Area, 1562.7 acres
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