Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for REPPS (North)

REPPS (North), a village and a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk. The village stands 1½ mile from the coast, 3 S E of Cromer, and 6½ N N W of North Walsham r. station; and has a post-office under Norwich. The parish comprises 2, 731 acres. Real property, £3, 546. Pop., 625. Houses, 154. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Suffield. N. R. Hall is the seat of J. H. Gurney, Esq.; and was the death-place, in 1845, of Sir F. Buxton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £581.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church was recently repaired. There are an endowed school and charities, with aggregately £22.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northrepps AP/CP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: NORTH REPPS     |     REPPS     |     REPPS NORTH
Place: Northrepps

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