Editing Deptford (section)

=== 19th century ===
When the [[Napoleonic Wars]] ended in 1815 the need for a Docks to build and repair [[Ship of the line|warships]] declined; the Docks shifted from shipbuilding to concentrate on [[victualling]] at the [[Royal Victoria Victualling Yard]], and the Royal Dock closed in 1869.<ref name="portcities">{{cite web |url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.52/chapterId/779/Deptford-and-Woolwich-Londons-Royal-Dockyards.html |title=Deptford and Woolwich: London's Royal Dockyards - London's docks and shipping - Port Cities |publisher=portcities.org.uk |access-date=14 January 2010 |archive-date=31 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231064152/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.52/chapterId/779/Deptford-and-Woolwich-Londons-Royal-Dockyards.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1871 until 1913 the shipyard site was the [[City of London Corporation]]'s [[Foreign Cattle Market]], to which live animals were brought by cattle boat from four continents and from whence came about half of London's meat supply.