Editing Deptford (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Convoy's Wharf from Daubeney Tower.jpg|thumb|right|View of Pepys Park, [[Convoys Wharf]], [[Sayes Court]], and over Deptford towards [[Lewisham]]]]

Deptford borders the areas of [[Brockley]] and [[Lewisham]] to the south, [[New Cross]] to the west and [[Rotherhithe]] to the north west; the [[River Ravensbourne|Ravensbourne]] river divides it from [[Greenwich]] to the east, and the [[River Thames|Thames]] separates the area from the [[Isle of Dogs]] to the north east; it is contained within the London [[SE postcode area|SE8]] post code area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=537219&y=176874&z=0&sv=SE8%204DQ&st=PostCode&lu=N&tl=Location%20of%20Deptford%20telephone%20exchange&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf |title=Location of Deptford telephone exchange |publisher=streetmap.co.uk |access-date=29 December 2009 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023234346/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=537219&y=176874&z=0&sv=SE8%204DQ&st=PostCode&lu=N&tl=Location%20of%20Deptford%20telephone%20exchange&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The area referred to as North Deptford is the only part of the [[London Borough of Lewisham]] to front the Thames and is sandwiched between Rotherhithe and Greenwich. Much of this riverside estate is populated by the former Naval Dockyards, now known as [[Convoys Wharf]], the [[Pepys Estate]] and some southern fringes of the old [[Surrey Commercial Docks]].

The name Deptford – anciently written Depeford meaning "deep [[Ford (crossing)|ford]]"<ref name=Deptford/> — is derived from the place where the road from London to [[Dover]], the ancient [[Watling Street]] (now the [[A2 road (Great Britain)#Borough to Shooter's Hill|A2]]), crosses the [[River Ravensbourne]] at the site of what became Deptford Bridge at Deptford Broadway. The Ravensbourne crosses under the A2 at roughly the same spot as the [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR) crosses over; and at the point where it becomes tidal, just after [[Lewisham College]], it is known as Deptford Creek, and flows into the [[River Thames]] at Greenwich Reach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server.php?show=ConGallery.17 |title=Deptford Creek - About maritime London - Port Cities |publisher=portcities.org.uk |access-date=19 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303172200/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server.php?show=ConGallery.17 |archive-date=3 March 2009}}</ref>