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REPTON, Derbyshire

"REPTON is a parish, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley: the village, which is seven miles S.S.E. from Derby and four and a half N.E. from Burton-upon-Trent, is situate upon the declivity of a hill. The habitations are, for the most part, detached, and extend about a mile in length, having a fine trout stream running by them, which flows into the Trent. This parish is celebrated by antiquaries, as the head of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia, and the burial-place of several of her sovereigns." [There is further information for Repton]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Directories

• A Description of Repton and Directory for Melbourn, Repton-with-Bretby, Ticknall, Caulk, Chellaston, Foremark-with-Ingleby, Smisby, Stanton-by-Bridge, Swarkeston, Twyford, Willington and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Repton (with Milton) by Ann Andrews. Added 28 Mar 2008.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Repton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

• Extracts from Trade Directories, Parish Registers, Census, &c. and other miscellaneous information for this area may be found on Brett Payne's South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources. Site is updated regularly.

Schools

• A grammar school at Repton was founded in 1557 under the will of Sir John Port of Etwall.
  (Ref: A History of Derbyshire, Gladwyn Turbutt, 1999)

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