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Deptford was originally a village in Kent. The original meaning of the name Deptford is probably from 'deep ford' where the London road crossed over the Creek .
Tudor Deptford
1497 Lord Audley and Cornish rebels defeated at Deptford.
1513 Royal Dock built at Deptford, became known as King's Yard.
1544 Dock had become most important in England.
1581 Francis Drake knighted by Elizabeth I at Deptford.
1593 Christopher Marlowe killed in a Deptford tavern.
Stuart Deptford
C17 East India Company established in Deptford.
1623 A map referred to 'Common Greene' (Deptford Green).
1660s Samuel Pepys visited Deptford on naval work.
1697 Docks employed 697 men.
1698 Peter the Great worked at Royal Dock as carpenter to learn ship design. Stayed with the diarist John Evelyn at Sayes Court.
1711 Docks employed 1100 men.
Georgian Deptford
1730 St Paul by Thomas Archer completed
1759 Sayes Court used as a workhouse (until 1848).
1780s Victualling Yard extended by James Arrow.
1788 Victualling Yard gateway built (still standing).
1801 Population of Deptford was 18,000.
1804 Footbridge built across Deptford Creek.
1809 Larger bridge built across Deptford Creek.
C19 Royal Dock became Royal Marine Arsenal.
1822 Greenwich Steam Company established in Deptford. One of first steam boat co.
1830 Dockyard closed until 1844.
1836 London - Greenwich Railway opened, carried on a 878 arch brick viaduct. Started from Spa Road, Bermondsey to Deptford.
Victorian Deptford
1844 Dockyard reopened for steam ships.
1848 Cook's HMS Discovery used as a convict bulk at Deptford.
1858 Royal Victoria Victualling Yard renamed from Red House.
1869 Royal Dockyard closed. Became Foreign Cattle Market (until 1913) and later Convo's Wharf.
Modern Deptford
1901 Deptford became a London borough.
1903 Carrington House built as a lodging house for men (corner Brookmill Road).
1907 Deptford Town Hall opened.
1914 Deptford Library opened.
1954 New lifting bridge built across Deptford Creek.
1961 Royal Victoria Victualling Yard closed. Became Pepys Estate, some
1790 buildings remain (officers houses and warehouses).
1965 Borough of Deptford incorporated into Borough of Lewisham.
1999 Light Railway station opened at Deptford Broadway connecting to Docklands and Lewisham.
Book list:
History of Deptford - N. Dews (1884)
Turning The Tide-History of Everyday Deptford - Jesse Steele (Deptford Forum 1993)