History:
Through Deptford began two small communities, one at Ford, and the other fishing village on The Thames. The two grew together and flourished as one big community.
It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th to the late 19th century was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards (established by Henry VIII). In 1869 the British government introduced the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act. It stated that all imported animals had to be slaughtered upon their arrival at the dockyard as opposed to being sent inland. The purpose of the act was to prevent the spread of disease from foreign countries into England through imported livestock. From 1871 until the First World War it was the City of London Corporation's Foreign Cattle Market. The act also enabled the employment of over 500 women in the slaughterhouses at the Deptford Dockyards in 1871. .jpg)
The cattle market at the dockyards boomed for over 30 years until its eventual decline in 1907. In 1912 The Times reported that over 4 million head of live cattle, and sheep, had been landed. Following its closure, it became an army supply depot during both the Second and First World Wars. The dockyard is now abandoned; however, during its heyday the "gut girls" achieved local renown for their heavy drinking, gaudy hats, and colourful language..jpg)
[Adapted From Wikipedia] Sources from The Stage
Other images from Deptford:
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| A cobbled street in a Deptford slum around 1900 |
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| Deptford Power Station 1912 |
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