Repps with Bastwick
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.696101|1.580744|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TG 415 171
| official_name = Repps with Bastwick
| population = 391
|population_ref = (2011)
| area_total_km2 = 5.10
| static_image_name = Repps-g1.jpg
| static_image_width =
| static_image_caption = Repps-with-Bastwick St Peter
| shire_district = Great Yarmouth
| shire_county = Norfolk
| region = East of England
| civil_parish = Repps with Bastwick
| constituency_westminster =
| postcode_district = NR29
| postcode_area = NR
| post_town = GREAT YARMOUTH
| dial_code =
| london_distance =
}}
Repps with Bastwick is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the adjacent villages of Bastwick and Repps, which are situated some {{convert|16|km|abbr=on}} north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and {{convert|22|km|abbr=on}} north-east of the city of Norwich. The parish borders the River Thurne and Bastwick is at the south end of the bridge which carries the A149 road over that river to the village of Potter Heigham.Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. {{ISBN|0-319-23769-9}}.
The civil parish has an area of {{convert|5.1|km2|abbr=on}} and in the 2001 census had a population of 401 in 172 households, the population reducing to 391 in the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127890&c=NR29+4FF&d=16&e=62&g=6449006&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440501025909&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=25 August 2015}} For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }}. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
The church of Repps-with-Bastwick St Peter is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
Toponymy
The name 'Repps' is uncertain 'Strips of land' or perhaps, 'district/community'.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
The name 'Bastwick' means 'Bast specialised farm'.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
War memorial
Repps-with-Bastwick's war memorial is a stone cross located in St. Peter's Churchyard. It holds the following names for the First World War:
- Able-Seaman Edgar J. Mitchell (1886–1916), S.S. Zoroaster
- Lance-Corporal George S. Dack (1894–1918), 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- Deckhand Samuel Johnson (1885–1916), H.M. Trawler Cantatrice
- Engineman William R. King (1889–1916), H.M. Drifter Waveney II
- Gunner Albert G. Grimble (1892–1917), 217th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
- Private Sidney C. Grimble (1897–1918), 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
- Private Charles F. Dowe (1898–1916), Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division
- Private Charles J. Mitchell (1882–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Albert S. Dack (1899–1918), 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
And, the following for the Second World War:
- Able-Seaman Frederick W. Blogg (d.1942), HMS Cornwall (56)
- Aircraftman Second-Class Frank J. Johnson (1921–1939), No. 99 Squadron RAF
- Fusilier George F. Dean (d.1944), 7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
- Private Ralph S. Nichols (1922–1943), 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Notes
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http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Repps%20with%20Bastwick
External links
{{Commons category-inline|Repps with Bastwick}}
- {{OS coord|TG424177_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources}} for Bastwick
- {{OS coord|TG415171_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources}} for Repps
- [https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-m-r/repps-with-bastwick/ St Peter's on the European Round Tower Churches website]
- {{OpenDomesday|TG4217|bastwick|Bastwick}}
- {{OpenDomesday|TG4216|repps|Repps}}
{{Civil Parishes of Great Yarmouth}}
Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk
Category:Borough of Great Yarmouth
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