Repton Abbey
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Repton Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbey in Derbyshire, England. Founded in the 7th century, the abbey was a double monastery, a community of both monks and nuns. The abbey is noted for its c
Stained glass window depicting St Alfthritha, former Abbess of Repton
St Wystan's Church, Repton
The crypt of the former abbey
Repton
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Repton is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It lies on the edge of the River Trent floodplain, approximately 5 miles north of Swadlincote and about 5
Repton Abbey
…various saints and Mercian royalty; two of the thirty-seven Mercian Kings were buried within the abbey's crypt. The abbey was abandoned in 873, when Repton was overrun by the invading Great Heathen Army. The abbey is traditionally recorded as being founded in about 600 AD by Saint David. However, another…
St Wystan's church and the cross in 1890
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in the 1930s
Thatching in progress, May 2007