a town of Kent in England, considerable for its fine docks and for the king's yard and storehouses. It was anciently called West Greenwich. It is divided into Upper and Lower Deptford, and has two parish churches. Here is an hospital incorporated by Henry VIII. called Trinity House of Deptford Strand. The brethren of the Trinity House hold their corporation by this hospital, and are obliged, at certain times, to meet here for business. It contains 21 houses: a more modern structure, and a finer one, called Trinity Hospital, contains 38. Both these are for decayed pilots, or masters of ships, or for their widows, who have a handsome monthly allowance. Deptford is four miles east of London. E. Long. o. 4. N. Lat. 51. 32.