Editing Deptford (section)

===Deptford Dockyard===
[[File:St Albans Deptford.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Painting of Deptford Dockyard in 1747 by [[John Cleveley the Elder]]. [[National Maritime Museum]].]]
{{Main|Deptford Dockyard|Convoys Wharf}}

Deptford Dockyard was established in 1513 by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] as the first [[Royal Navy Dockyard|Royal Dockyard]], building vessels for the [[Royal Navy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.52/chapterId/774/Deptford-and-Woolwich-Londons-Royal-Dockyards.html |title=Deptford and Woolwich: London's Royal Dockyards - The working Thames |publisher=Port Cities |access-date=5 July 2010 |archive-date=19 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619044944/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.52/chapterId/774/Deptford-and-Woolwich-Londons-Royal-Dockyards.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was at one time known as the King's Yard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1665/08/22/index.php |title=Samuel Pepys diary entry for 22 August 1665 |date=22 August 2008 |publisher=Pepysdiary.com |access-date=5 July 2010}}</ref> It was shut down from 1830 to 1844 before being closed as a dockyard in 1869,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/the-royal-navy/research-guide-b5-royal-naval-dockyards |title=National Maritime Museum Research guide B5: Royal Naval Dockyards |publisher=Nmm.ac.uk |access-date=1 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601092732/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/the-royal-navy/research-guide-b5-royal-naval-dockyards |archive-date=1 June 2010 }}</ref> and is currently known as [[Convoys Wharf]]. From 1871 until the [[First World War]] it was the [[City of London Corporation]]'s [[Foreign Cattle Market]]. In 1912, ''[[The Times]]'' reported that over 4 million head of live cattle, and sheep, had been landed.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

From 1932 until 2008 the site was owned by [[News International]], which used it to import [[newsprint]] and other paper products from [[Finland]] until early 2000. It is now owned by [[Hutchison Whampoa|Hutchison Whampoa Limited]] and is subject to a planning application to convert it into residential units,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,4,25,124,125 |title=Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners "Convoys Wharf Conception" |publisher=Richardrogers.co.uk |date=15 December 2004 |access-date=5 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003221319/http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,4,25,124,125 |archive-date=3 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> though it has [[safeguarded wharf]] status.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/planning/docs/safeguarded_wharves_05.pdf |title=Safeguarded Wharves COVER |access-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604095332/http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/planning/docs/safeguarded_wharves_05.pdf |archive-date=4 June 2011 }}</ref>

Other notable shipyards in Deptford were Charles Lungley's Dockyard and the [[General Steam Navigation Company]]'s yards at Deptford Green and Dudman's Dock, also sometimes referred to as ''Deadmans Dock'' at [[Deptford Wharf]].
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