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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Deptford like this:
DEPTFORD, a chapelry in Bishop-Wearmouth parish, Durham; adjacent to Sunderland. It was constituted in 1844; and has a post office under Sunderland. Pop., 10, 908. Houses, 1, 712. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £350.* Patron, the Bishop of Chester.
Deptford is now part of SUNDERLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how SUNDERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Deptford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Deptford, in Sunderland and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25426
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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