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The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Lewisham along with the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham. Image File history File links LondonMBDeptford. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... now. ... Image File history File links Londoncountycouncil. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... The County of London (in red), super imposed upon todays Greater London area, to show the difference in size with post-1965 Borough boundaries The County of London was an administrative county of England from 1888 to 1965. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... now. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Lewisham along with the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford. ...

Deptford Town Hall was built in 1903 - 1905 on New Cross Road. The building is in a grand baroque style, featuring carvings of tritons and admirals to emphasise Deptford's maritime heritage. It is now used by Goldsmith's College. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Triton may be: Triton (mythology), a Greek god, the messenger of the deep, son of Poseidon, god of the sea Triton (mollusk), a marine snail of the family Ranellidae Triton (moon), the largest moon of the planet Neptune Triton (novel), a novel by Samuel R. Delany Triton (The Little Mermaid... Goldsmiths College (founded 1891 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as Goldsmiths Technical and Recreative Institute) has been a part of the federal University of London since 1904, when it took its current name. ...

1 History
2 Geography
3 Population
4 Coat of arms

History

The borough covered the same area of the parish of St Paul Deptford, which had been separated from the neighbouring parish of St Nicholas Deptford to its north in 1730. The rateable values of the two parishes had been roughly equal when they were separated, but St Paul contained all the farmland to the south, the majority of which was built on over the next 170 years. A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...

When the Metropolitan Borough was created, consideration was given to reuniting the two parishes, but a closer equalisation of rateable value was served by uniting St Nicholas with Greenwich to the east. Greenwich (pronounced grenn-itch , or by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. ...

The growth of the London conurbation had reached Deptford by the end of the eighteenth century but it had been a large industrial town well before this time: the Royal Docks and the Victualling Yard, which provisioned the Navy, and the various private dockyards, meant it was a prosperous and cosmopolitan town. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Geography

The borough bordered Bermondsey, Greenwich, Lewisham and Camberwell. The Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey was a metropolitan borough in the County of London, created in 1899. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 and 1965. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it became part of the London Borough of Lewisham along with the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell was a metropolitan borough in London. ...

The borough covered an area of 1,563 acres (6.4 square kilometres) and included the localities of St Paul Deptford, Brockley, New Cross, and St John's. Deptford is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London. ... Brockley is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham in England. ... New Cross is a district on the north tip of the London Borough of Lewisham. ... St Johns is a small residential area in the London Borough of Lewisham in south east London. ...

Population

Population:

1901: 110,398
1911: 109,496
1921: 112,534
1931: 106,891
1951: 75,495
1961: 68,829

Coat of arms

The unofficial arms of the borough

The borough did not have an officially granted coat of arms, instead using a device of their own design. Image File history File links Deptford_arms. ... Image File history File links Deptford_arms. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

The three choughs in the first quarter represent the county of Surrey. They were taken from the arms of Onslow family, one-time lords of the manor of Guildford. The fourth quarter showed a white horse on red, representative of the county of Kent. Before 1889 the area of the borough was divided between the two counties. The second quarter showed a quarter ship on the stocks, for the naval dockyard. The remaining quarter of the shield was a portarit of Peter the Great of Russia, who learnt the art of naval architecture in Deptford. Binomial name Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758) The Red-billed Chough, or just Chough (pronounced ), Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax is a member of the crow family, Corvidae. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Statistics Population: 66819 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU9949 Administration District: Guildford Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ...

Above the shield was a mural crown, representing municipal government. On either side was an heraldic dolphin entwining a trident. Coat of Arms of Malta includes a Mural Crown The term Mural crown (from Latin corona muralis) as used in Roman antiquity, was a golden crown, or a circle of gold intended to resemble a battlement, bestowed to a soldier who first climbed the wall of a besieged city or...

Local government districts abolished (or transferred †) by the London Government Act 1963

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CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-LONDON, COUNTY OF (OBSOLETE) (4504 words)
	The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, St. Olave, St. John Horselydown and St. Thomas Southwark, of which the first three are represented in the Arms.
	The supporters denote the two inns of court in the Borough, the lion being that of the De Lacys, Earls of Lincoln, whose London house became Lincoln's Inn, and the griffin being from the arms of Gray's Inn.
	The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of St. Saviour (formerly St. Mary Overy), St. Mary Newington, St. George the Martyr and Christ Church.

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	Deptford [dɛtfəd] is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London.
	Deptford, originally part of historic Kent, became the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, but was later absorbed into Lewisham.
	Deptford was the location of the foreign cattle markets - the notorious "gutting sheds" in which girls and women worked in squalor gutting animals until the early part of the 20th century.

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