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In 1671, the diarist John Evelyn, one-time Deptford resident, discovered the man who would become one of England's greatest wood carvers, Grinling Gibbons, working in a small cottage in the village.
In 1671, the diarist John Evelyn, one-time Deptford resident, discovered the man who would become one of England's greatest wood carvers, Grinling Gibbons, working in a small cottage in the village.