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Evening Standard
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Anthea Masey

Living in Deptford: area guide to homes, schools and transport links

Deptford is a place where several worlds collide and for many Londoners, this is the city they celebrate.

One of London’s most historic corners, Deptford is the site of Henry VIII’s royal dockyard, founded in 1513, where Queen Elizabeth I knighted Francis Drake in 1581 after he circumnavigated the globe aboard the Golden Hind.

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