Repps with Bastwick

Human settlement in England

Repps with Bastwick

District

Great Yarmouth

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townGREAT YARMOUTHPostcode districtNR29PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°41′46″N 1°34′51″E / 52.696101°N 1.580744°E / 52.696101; 1.580744

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]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Toponymy

The name 'Repps' is uncertain 'Strips of land' or perhaps, 'district/community'.^{[citation needed]}

The name 'Bastwick' means 'Bast specialised farm'.^{[citation needed]}

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

^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ 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.