Editing Deptford (section)

===Churches===
[[File:St Paul Deptford.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The notable [[Baroque]] frontage of [[St Paul's, Deptford|St. Paul's]] church]]

St Nicholas's Church, the original parish church, dates back to the 14th century but the current building is 17th century. The entrance to the churchyard features a set of skull-and-bones on top of the posts. A plaque on the north wall commemorates playwright [[Christopher Marlowe]], who was stabbed to death by [[Ingram Frizer]] in a nearby house, and buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard on 1 June 1593. Frizer was pardoned for the killing on the grounds that he acted in self-defence.<ref>''The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe'', Charles Nicholl, Vintage, {{ISBN|0-09-943747-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr179.htm |title=Diocese of Southwark - News: Christopher Marlowe Remembered at Deptford |publisher=Southwark.anglican.org |date=24 January 2002 |access-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607064751/http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr179.htm |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>

There is also St. Luke's, another historic circular church, dating from 1870. It is the daughter church of the parish of St Nicholas'.

In the 18th century [[St. Paul's, Deptford]] (1712–1730) was built,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulsdeptford.org.uk/SPD_ver2/History.htm |title=St.Paul's, Deptford - Official Site: Local History |publisher=Paulsdeptford.org.uk |access-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918230546/http://www.paulsdeptford.org.uk/SPD_ver2/History.htm |archive-date=18 September 2009 }}</ref> acclaimed by the [[Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England]] as one of the finest [[Baroque]] churches in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulsdeptford.org.uk/SPD_ver2/homepage.htm |title=St.Paul's, Deptford - Official Site: Home Page |publisher=Paulsdeptford.org.uk |access-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708153705/http://www.paulsdeptford.org.uk/SPD_ver2/homepage.htm |archive-date=8 July 2009 }}</ref> [[John Betjeman]] is attributed as referring to the church as "a pearl at the heart of Deptford".<ref>{{cite web |author=A Church Near You |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/621/ |title=Deptford, Deptford, St Paul - London &#124; Diocese of Southwark |publisher=Achurchnearyou.com |access-date=5 July 2010}}</ref> It was designed by the architect [[Thomas Archer]], who was a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of the [[Commission for Building Fifty New Churches]] with the intention of instilling pride in Britain, and encouraging people to stay in London rather than emigrate to the [[New World]].<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38870 ''List of churches built''], The Commissions for building fifty new churches: The minute books, 1711-27, a calendar (1986), pp. XL. accessed: 19 September 2009</ref>

Adjacent to the church yard is Albury Street, which contains some fine 18th-century houses which were popular with sea captains and shipbuilders.<ref>[http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/HistoricalResources/HistoryOfTheBuildingsInTheBorough/DevelopmentOfTheBorough.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608220011/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/HistoricalResources/HistoryOfTheBuildingsInTheBorough/DevelopmentOfTheBorough.htm|date=8 June 2011}} Lewisham Borough Local history</ref>