Early in its existence Repton seems to have been the location of an important royal estate. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it was from Repton in 873–874 that the Great Heathen Army deposed the King of Mercia. Slightly earlier, King Offa seems to have favoured Tamworth. It was there where he was crowned and spent many a Christmas.

Wystan, or Wigstan, was a prince of Mercia who was murdered by his guardian in 849, [5] in the reign of Wiglaf. His remains were buried in the crypt at Repton and miracles were ascribed to them. Repton proceeded to become a place of pilgrimage; Wigstan was later canonised and became the patron saint of the church.

2018年11月27日 · Built in 1760 in the Palladian style, for the Burdetts, it is now a preparatory school for Repton; the family church is a National Trust property open to the public on advertised days. A century older than the house, it is externally Gothic, but its interior is still Jacobean, furnished with box-pews, a three-decker pulpit and a fine rood-screen.

The Battle of Repton occurred in 874 AD when the Mercian army of Thegn Leofrith assaulted the Great Heathen Army's base at Repton, Derbyshire in a last-ditch effort to restore King Burghred of Mercia to power. Despite a spirited attack, the Mercians were …

2019年6月6日 · Repton’s wealthy doublehouse monastery, founded in the late 7th century, had been a burial place for the Mercian royal dynasty, and its fall into Viking hands was a decisive loss, leading to the kingdom being taken over and Ceolwulf, a puppet king, placed on the throne.

2015年1月2日 · In 873 the Viking Great Army took winter quarters at the Anglo-Saxon monastery of Repton in the heart of Mercia. Excavations 1974–88 found their D-shaped earthwork on the river bank, incorporated in the stone church.

2023年6月10日 · Repton is a village in Derbyshire, located on the edge of the River Trent floodplains. Christianity was reintroduced to the Midlands at Repton, where some of the Mercian royals were baptized in AD 653. Mercia was one of the three important Anglican Kingdoms, and an important battleground between Danes and Anglo-Saxons.

Repton Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbey in Derbyshire, England. Founded in the 7th century, the abbey was a double monastery, a community of both monks and nuns. The abbey is noted for its connections to various saints and Mercian royalty; two of the thirty-seven Mercian Kings were buried within the abbey's crypt.

Repton, former capital of the Anglo Saxon ‘Kingdom of Mercia’, is today a fusion of village and public school. Steeped in history this South Derbyshire village has one principal street, lined with a number of handsome Georgian houses and cottages.

Thirteen hundred and fifty years ago, in AD 653, Repton was the place where Christianity was first preached in the Midlands. Four priests were sent from the kingdom of Northumbria to Repton to convert the Mercian royal family from their paganism so that a royal wedding could take place.