DEPTFORD
CHURCHES.
St.James Hatcham founded May 1844 It took part of the Parish of St. Pauls
New
Society of Friends. The Deptford meeting house dates from 1692
records before 1839 have been lost.
Brunswick Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Free Church ,an offshoot of the church
above.
Bethel Independent Chapel erected 1814/15 near
Presbyterian Church Brockley building erected 1n the 1880s
New Jerusalem north end of
Free Church of
In addition there were a number of other Church of England churches in Deptford ,all erected in the 19th Century as well as one Roman Catholic ,several Baptists ,two Congregationalist ,and one or two other Wesleyan Methodist .With one or two exceptions ,all were founded in the 19th Century.
St.Nicholas Registers date from 1563 and are complete with the exception of marriages between 1705 to 1735. these registers are arranged by volume as follows .
1 bp,m and burials 1563 1653
2 ditto up to 1664
3 ditto up to 1705
4 bp and burials 1707 1717
5 ditto 1717 1786
6 ditto 1786 1794
7 ditto 1794 1802 and m. 1735 - 1754
8 ditto 1802 1812
9 m. 1754 1764
10 m. 1764 1784
11 m 1784 - 1812
Burials, with few exceptions , have not taken place in this church or churchyard since 1856
In 1884 the Parish of St.Nicholas contained nearly 8,000 persons .
The following number of employees
worked in Deptford
Yard as of
Shipwrights 410 , quarterboys 8 , caulkers 27 , oakum boys 9 , pitch heaters 11 , joiners 34 ,
House carpenters 48 , wheelwrights 2 , plumbers 11 , bricklayers 23 , bricklaers labourers 39,
Sailmakers 19 , scavelmen 31 , riggers 14 , labourers 130 , blockmakers 2 , locksmiths 3 ,
Teams 4 , sawyers 45 trenailmooters 2 , oarmakers 1 , smiths 37 , compassmakers 2 , a
At this time there were 895 workmen .but by the following November 14th the number had risen to 1097 and the shipwright to 490 ,This resulted from the war in 1739
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