Watergate Street, SE8

Road in/near Deptford, existing until now

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Watergate Street is an old Deptford street giving access to the river.

Watergate Street was formerly known as King Street.

Many large houses were built in the street during the 17th and 18th centuries and lived in by those connected to the maritime trade.

By the twentieth century the street had became a slum and post-war, new housing was built.

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Main source: OLD DEPTFORD HISTORY
Further citations and sources



NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Deptford Deptford is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne.

NEARBY STREETS
Abinger Grove, SE8 Abinger Grove started life in the early 1860s (Deptford)
Albury Street, SE8 Albury Street was originally Union Street - a name commemorating the 1707 union of Scotland and England. (Deptford)
Arlington House, SE8 Arlington House is a block on Prince Street (Deptford)
Armada Court, SE8 Armada Court is a block on McMillan Street (Deptford)
Atkinson Street, SE14 Atkinson Street was the new name for Frederick Street after 1896 (New Cross)
Barnes Terrace, SE8 Barnes Terrace is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Barnes’s Alley, SE8 Barnes’s Alley ran off New King Street (Deptford)
Basevi Way, SE8 Basevi Way is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Benbow House, SE8 Benbow House is a block on Benbow Street (Deptford)
Benbow Street, SE8 Benbow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Berkeley House, SE8 Berkeley House is a block on Evelyn Street (Deptford)
Berthon Street, SE8 Berthon Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Borthwick Street, SE8 Borthwick Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Brig Mews, SE8 Brig Mews is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Bronze Street, SE8 Bronze Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Bruford Court, SE8 Bruford Court is a block on Bruford Court (Deptford)
Camden House, SE8 Camden House is a building on Grove Street (Deptford)
Canterbury House, SE8 Canterbury House is a block on Wharf Street (Deptford)
Chester House, SE8 Chester House is sited on Evelyn Street (Deptford)
Clarence Road, SE8 Clarence Road is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Clyde Street, SE8 Clyde Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Cofferdam Way, SE8 Cofferdam Way is a location in London (Deptford)
Congers House, SE8 Congers House is a block on Bronze Street (Deptford)
Copperas Street, SE8 Copperas Street is a road in the SE10 postcode area (Greenwich)
Corbidge Court, SE8 Corbidge Court is a block on Clarence Road (Deptford)
Cornbury House, SE8 Cornbury House is a block on Evelyn Street (Deptford)
Cornmill House, SE8 Cornmill House is sited on Wharf Street (Deptford)
Creek Road, SE8 The SE8 section of Creek Road is west of Deptford Creek (Deptford)
Crossfield Street, SE8 Crossfield Lane became Crossfield Street in 1906 (Deptford)
Czar Street, SE8 Czar Peter the Great of Russia lived at Sayes Court nearby in 1698 while studying shipbuilding at Deptford (Deptford)
Dacca Street, SE8 Dacca Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Dawson Street, SE8 Dawson Street first appears as a tiny side street on the 1830s map (Deptford)
Deptford Green, SE8 Deptford Green is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Deptford Market, SE8 Deptford Market is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Diana Close, SE8 Diana Close is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Dolphin Tower, SE8 Dolphin Tower is a block on Unnamed Road (Deptford)
Dorking Close, SE8 Dorking Close is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Dragon Road, SE8 Dragon Road is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Drew House, SE8 Drew House is a block on Wharf Street (Deptford)
Dryfield Walk, SE8 Dryfield Walk is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Edward Place, SE8 Edward Place is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (New Cross)
Edward Street, SE8 Edward Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Ffinch Street, SE8 Ffinch Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Frigate Mews, SE8 Frigate Mews is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Fulcher House, SE8 Fulcher House is a block on Evelyn Street (Deptford)
Gilbert House, SE8 Gilbert House is a block on McMillan Street (Deptford)
Glaisher Court, SE8 Glaisher Court is sited on Glaisher Street (Deptford)
Glaisher Street, SE8 Glaisher Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Grafton House, SE8 Grafton House is a block on Grove Street (Deptford)
Grinling Place, SE8 Grinling Place is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Hamilton Street, SE8 Hamilton Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Henrietta Close, SE8 Henrietta Close is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Henry Street, SE14 Henry Street was called Childers Street after 1908 (Deptford)
Hurlestone House, SE8 Hurlestone House can be found on Grove Street (Deptford)
Kerry Road, SE14 A street within the SE14 postcode (Deptford)
Kingfisher Square, SE8 Kingfisher Square is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Knights Tower, SE8 Knights Tower is a block on Wharf Street (Deptford)
Lamerton Street, SE8 Lamerton Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Langford House, SE8 Langford House is a block on Evelyn Street (Deptford)
Marine Tower, SE8 Marine Tower can be found on Taylor Close (Deptford)
Marlowe Court, SE8 Marlowe Court is located on Basevi Way (Deptford)
Marlowe Path, SE8 Marlowe Path is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Mary Ann Gardens, SE8 Mary Ann Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Mcmillan Street, SE8 Mcmillan Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Mermaid Tower, SE8 Mermaid Tower is a block on Childers Street (Deptford)
Napier Avenue, SE8 Napier Avenue is a road in the SE8 postcode area (New Cross)
Napier Close, SE8 Napier Close is a road in the SE8 postcode area (New Cross)
New King Street, SE8 New King Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
North House, SE8 North House is located on Grove Street (Deptford)
Oxenham House, SE8 Oxenham House is a block on Benbow Street (Deptford)
Payne Street, SE8 Payne Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (New Cross)
Poppy Court, SE8 Poppy Court is a block on Childers Street (Deptford)
Prince Street, SE8 Prince Street is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Railway Arches, SE8 Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Rickman House, SE8 Rickman House is a building on Evelyn Street (Deptford)
Rochfort House, SE8 Rochfort House is a block on Dragoon Road (Deptford)
Rowley House, SE8 Rowley House is a block on Trevithick Street (Deptford)
Sanderson House, SE8 Sanderson House is a block on Grove Street (Deptford)
Sayes Court Street, SE8 Sayes Court Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Seager Buildings, SE8 Seager Buildings is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
St Nicholas House, SE8 St Nicholas House is located on Deptford Green (Deptford)
Staunton Street, SE8 Staunton Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Stowage, SE8 Stowage is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Strafford House, SE8 Strafford House is a block on Evelyn Street (Deptford)
Taylor Close, SE8 Taylor Close is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
The Pepys Enterprise Centre, SE8 The Pepys Enterprise Centre is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (Deptford)
Thistley Court, SE8 Thistley Court is a block on Glaisher Street (Deptford)
Trevithick Street, SE8 Trevithick Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Valley Road, SE14 Valley Road skirts Charlottenburg Park (New Cross)
Warwickshire Path, SE8 Warwickshire Path is one of the streets of London in the SE8 postal area (New Cross)
Watergate Street, SE8 Watergate Street is an old Deptford street giving access to the river (Deptford)
Wharf Street, SE8 Wharf Street is a road in the SE8 postcode area (Deptford)
Woodcote House, SE8 Woodcote House is a block on Prince Street (Deptford)
Wotton Road, SE8 Wotton Road dates from the 1850s and called Wooton Road on the Stanford map of the following decade (Deptford)


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