Deptford St Nicholas

Deptford St Nicholas
The parish occupied a compact area around the Church of St Nicholas, Deptford
Area
• 1921	115 acres
• Coordinates	51°28′59″N 0°01′26″W / 51.483°N 0.024°W / 51.483; -0.024
Population
• 1801	6,933
• 1921	7,582
History
• Origin	Part of Deptford ancient parish
• Created	1730
• Abolished	1930
• Succeeded by	Borough of Greenwich civil parish
Status	Civil parish
Government	Deptford St Nicholas Vestry (1730–1855) Greenwich District Board of Works (1855–1900)
• HQ	Church of St Nicholas, Deptford

Deptford St Nicholas was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England.^[1] The creation of the parish accompanied the building of the Church of St Paul's, Deptford, constructed by the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches to meet the demands of the growing population. The ancient parish of Deptford was split in 1730 with the southern part around the new church becoming Deptford St Paul. St Nicholas parish included the old maritime settlement and the dockyard adjacent to the River Thames. Civil parish administration was in the hands of the vestry until 1855 when the parish was grouped into the Greenwich District and the parish elected vestrymen to Greenwich District Board of Works. The parish was transferred from the County of Kent to the County of London in 1889. It became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich in 1900 and the local authority became Greenwich Borough Council. The civil parish had only nominal existence until 1930 when it was abolished. The area became part of the London Borough of Greenwich in 1965 and following boundary changes in 1994, part of the former parish is now in the London Borough of Lewisham.