Repps with Bastwick

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 16 km (9.9 mi) north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 22 km (14 mi) 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]

Repps with Bastwick
Repps-with-Bastwick St Peter
Repps with Bastwick is located in Norfolk
Repps with Bastwick
Repps with Bastwick
Location within Norfolk
Area5.10 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population391 (2011)
 Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTG 415 171
Civil parish
  • Repps with Bastwick
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode districtNR29
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

The civil parish has an area of 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) 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

  1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

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