Editing Deptford (section)

==Governance==
{{Main|Metropolitan Borough of Deptford|London Borough of Lewisham}}
[[File:Deptford Town Hall, SE14 - geograph.org.uk - 82222.jpg|180px|left|thumbnail|Former [[Deptford Town Hall]], now part of Goldsmiths College]]

The Manor of Deptford or West Greenwich was bestowed by [[William the Conqueror]] upon [[Gilbert de Magminot]] or Maminot, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisieux|bishop of Lisieux]],<ref>''A History of Deptford'' Dews, N, (London, 1884)</ref> one of the eight barons associated with John de Fiennes for the defence of [[Dover Castle]]. Maminot held the head of his [[English feudal barony|barony]] at Deptford<ref name="jl1814">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O98HAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Gilbert+de+Magminot%22+deptford&pg=PA139 |title=The history of the town and port of Dover and of Dover castle by John Lyon, published 1814, p. 139 |access-date=5 July 2010|year=1814|last1=Lyon |first1=John }}</ref><ref name="lcc">Dedication to the Public of Deptford Park by Dr W.J. Collins, 1897</ref> and according to John Lyon writing in 1814, he built himself a castle, or castellated mansion at Deptford. The location of the building is not known, but ancient foundations found on the brow of Broomfield,  near the Mast Dock and adjacent to [[Sayes Court]] may be the remains of the building.<ref name="jl1814"/><ref name="lcc"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQ0HAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Gilbert+de+Magminot%22+deptford&pg=PA731 |title=England's topographer, or A new and complete history of the county of Kent by William Henry Ireland, 1830, page 731 |access-date=5 July 2010|year=1830|last1=Ireland |first1=William Henry }}</ref>
[[File:South London Map 1800.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|South of London in 1800. The border between [[Surrey]] and [[Kent]] is shown running through Deptford, with parts of the area in each county.]]

Deptford was mostly located in the [[Blackheath, Kent (hundred)|Blackheath Hundred]] of the county of [[Kent]], with the [[Hatcham]] part in the [[Hundred of Brixton|Brixton Hundred]] of [[Surrey]].<ref name=hatcham>'[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43029 Parishes: Hatcham (Parish of Deptford St Paul)]', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912) pp. 42-44. accessed: 19 September 2009</ref>

In 1730 Deptford was divided into the two parishes of St Nicholas and St Paul.<ref name=Deptford/> It was also referred to as West Greenwich, with the modern town of [[Greenwich]] being referred to as East Greenwich until this use declined in the 19th century.<ref name=kent>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=53780#n1 |title=The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 (1797), pp. 340-71 |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |access-date=5 July 2010}}</ref> The whole of Deptford came within the [[Metropolitan Police District]] in 1830 and was included in the area of responsibility of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]] in 1855.

It was transferred to the [[County of London]] in 1889. Originally under the governance of the ancient parishes of St Paul and St Nicholas, in 1900, a [[Metropolitan Borough of Deptford]] was formed out of the southern parish of St Paul,<ref>{{cite vob |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10061660&c_id=10001043 |name=Deptford MB |map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10061660&c_id=10001043 |access-date=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412180712/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10061660 |archive-date=12 April 2012 }}  {{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10061660 |title=Deptford MetB through time &#124; Administrative history of Local Government District: Hierarchies, boundaries |access-date=4 August 2008 |archive-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412180712/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10061660 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> with St Nicholas and the area around the Royal Dockyard coming under the governance of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich]].<ref name="lewisham.gov.uk"/><ref>{{cite vob |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10206078&c_id=10001043 |name=Deptford St Nicholas |map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10206078&c_id=10001043 |access-date=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412053655/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10206078 |archive-date=12 April 2012 }}  {{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10206078 |title=Deptford St Nicholas CP/AP through time &#124; Administrative history of Parish-level Unit: Hierarchies, boundaries |access-date=4 August 2008 |archive-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412053655/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10206078 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

Under the [[London Government Act 1963]], the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was absorbed in 1965 into the newly created London Borough of Lewisham,<ref name="museumoflondon.org.uk">[http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/OnlineResources/X20L/Themes/1380/1185/] Museum of London</ref> with the Deptford St Nicholas area becoming part of the [[Royal Borough of Greenwich]], with both these new boroughs now forming part of the new [[Greater London]] body. In 1994 the bulk of the northern part, including the former Royal Dockyard area, was transferred to Lewisham, an adjustment of about {{convert|40|ha|acres}},<ref name=OPSI>OPSI - [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1993/Uksi_19931276_en_1.htm Greenwich and Lewisham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993]</ref> leaving only the north eastern area, around St Nicholas's church, in Greenwich.

Deptford is split between two [[electoral wards]] - [[Evelyn, London|Evelyn]] in the north and part of [[New Cross]] to the south.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaMetadata.do;jsessionid=ac1f930c30d668398768b8d7432abd6ef20d001f4fc2?a=7&b=5941902&c=BR1+4PP&d=14&e=1&g=341646&i=1x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1262088780192&enc=1&areaId=5941902&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1152|title=About the Area|publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk|access-date=29 December 2009|archive-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604073141/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaMetadata.do;jsessionid=ac1f930c30d668398768b8d7432abd6ef20d001f4fc2?a=7&b=5941902&c=BR1+4PP&d=14&e=1&g=341646&i=1x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1262088780192&enc=1&areaId=5941902&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1152|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following public consultation, the [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]] recommended in June 2020 that the Deptford wards (Evelyn and New Cross) should be unified and renamed Deptford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Reviews/Greater%20London/Lewisham/Final/Lewisham%20Final%20Recommendations%20Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304153918/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Reviews/Greater%20London/Lewisham/Final/Lewisham%20Final%20Recommendations%20Report.pdf |archive-date=2021-03-04 |url-status=live|title=New electoral arrangements for Lewisham Council Final Recommendations|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |date=June 2020|pages=10–11}}</ref>