Repps with Bastwick explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.6961°N 1.5807°W
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 Caption:Repps-with-Bastwick St Peter
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Repps with Bastwick
Postcode District:NR29
Postcode Area:NR
Post Town:GREAT YARMOUTH

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 16km (10miles) north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 22km (14miles) 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.[1]

The civil parish has an area of 5.1km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 401 in 172 households, the population reducing to 391 in the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.[3]

The church of Repps-with-Bastwick St Peter is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Toponymy

The name 'Repps' is uncertain 'Strips of land' or perhaps, 'district/community'.

The name 'Bastwick' means 'Bast specialised farm'.

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:

And, the following for the Second World War:

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Repps%20with%20Bastwick

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. .
  2. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 25 August 2015.
  3. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005.