OLD DEPTFORD HISTORY

This website is dedicated to the past History of Deptford. If you have any stranger than fiction stories about Deptford I would welcome your input. This may include stories of the people, the places those still here or long gone, the characters, the war years, ghost stories and haunted places, ancient buildings and bygone memories, long forgotten. You can contact me with your stories at axelgs1@yahoo.co.uk

Wednesday, October 29

Remembering the Fallen

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  Deptford’s Fallen: Remembering Those Who Served in the First World War The Brockley & Ladywell Memorial commemorates 165 men from Dept...
Thursday, October 23

HIstory of Mary Ann Buildings - Gardens

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  Not long after I first published my post about Mary Ann Buildings, I received a lovely message from a reader named Kevin, who kindly share...
Wednesday, October 15

Lost Burial Ground

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  The Lost Burial Ground of Hughes Fields, Deptford By olddeptfordhistory.com Deptford has always been a place where London’s past meets t...
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Tuesday, October 14

The KIngs Arms Deptford. Another Ghost Story

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   The Kings Arms, Deptford A Ghost in the Dumb Waiter? Deptford has never been short on strange tales. Its streets are layered with the foo...
Thursday, October 9

Help for Andy: Trying to find the location and information of the Three Mariners in Lower Deptford

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  Three Mariners  is an old sign, of which there are examples among the trades tokens, and which is still to be seen on two or three public-...
Wednesday, October 8

The Ghost of Brockley Cemetery

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  The Ghost of Brockley Cemetery: A Deptford Haunting That Shocked Victorian London A chilling night in Victorian Deptford In the spring ...

THE DEVIL IN DEPTFORD.

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   THE DEVIL OF DEPTFORD. BEING A TRUE RELATION OF THE STRANGE DISTURBANCES, LUDICROUS FEATS, AND MALICIOUS PRANKS OF AN EVIL SPIRIT IN THE ...
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Tuesday, July 22

Personal Pilgrimage Marked by Remembrance and Loss Hadlow, Kent — July 2025

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Paul Moriarty This July, I returned to Hadlow, Kent, for the first time in three years—a journey rooted in remembrance, as I visited my moth...
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Monday, June 23

Remembering Tommy Martin Heavy weight Boxer from Deptfod

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Tommy Martin Hello, I found your website and I am in search of information about 1930's boxer from Deptford Tommy Martin and his family....
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Monday, May 26

Connections between Deptford and Greenwich for the Marsh Family

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  Hi, great blog in Deptford.  My family moved there in the early 1800’s from Dorset. My great great grandfather died in the Greenwich workh...
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