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Parish of St Paul, Deptford , Church of England
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History
King Henry VIII made Deptford his main Royal Naval Dockyard and so the town grew to accommodate the workers needed to build and equip ships. In 1710, the government commissioned the construction of 50 new churches; which paid for the building of Saint Paul at Deptford. The church was designed by Thomas Archer and consecrated in 1730.