In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Deptford like this:

DEPTFORD, a tything in Wylye parish, Wilts; 6½ miles SE of Heytesbury. Pop., 87. An inn here is the half-way house between Salisbury and Warminster; and the garden of it commands a fine view.

Deptford through time

Deptford is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE 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 Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25556

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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