Repton Sentence Examples

It receives several feeders, and falls into the Trent near Repton.

In 874 the march of the Danes from Lindsey to Repton drove Burgred from his kingdom.

Farther south, heavy crops of wheat, turnips and other cereals and green crops are not uncommon, while barley is cultivated about Repton and Gresley, and also in the east of the county, in order to supply the Burton breweries.

Later the district formed the northern division of Mercia, and in 848 the Mercian witenagemot assembled at Repton.

In the 9th century the district suffered frequently from the ravages of the Danes, who in 874 wintered at Repton and destroyed its famous monastery, the burial-place of the kings of Mercia.

The early divisions of the county were known as wapentakes, five being mentioned in Domesday, while 13th-century documents mention seven wapentakes, corresponding with the six present hundreds, except that Repton and Gresley were then reckoned as separate divisions.

Monastic remains are scanty, but there are interesting portions of a priory incorporated with the school buildings at Repton.

The chancel of the church at Repton is assigned to the second half of the 10th century, though subsequently altered, and the crypt beneath is supposed to be earlier still; its roof is supported by four round pillars, and it is approached by two stairways.

Examples of Norman work are frequent in doorways, as in the churches of Allestree and Willington near Repton, while a fine tympanum is preserved in the modern church of Findern.

The influence of the revival extended to many other schools, such as Christ's Hospital (1552), Westminster (1560), and Merchant Taylors' (1561); Repton (1 557), Rugby (1567) and Harrow (1571).

Educated at Repton, whence he proceeded to Aberdeen University, he became in 1817 vicar of Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, and devoted his spare time to literature and particularly to the study of Anglo-Saxon.

He was educated at Repton school and Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1875.

After taking his degree he became assistant master at Repton in Derbyshire; after taking orders he was appointed curate of Norton-under-Hales in Shropshire.

In 757 Æthelbald was slain by his guards at Seckington (Warwickshire) and buried at Repton.

In 873 the Danes encamped at Torksey in Lincolnshire, and although another truce ensued, they advanced in the following year to Repton, and Burgred was driven from the kingdom.

In 757 Æthelbald was slain by his guards at Seckington (Warwickshire) and buried at Repton.

Repton 's spectacular views of the lake from the house will also be restored.