Repps with Bastwick is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

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county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

. It comprises the adjacent villages of Bastwick and Repps, which are situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and north-east of the city of

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

. The parish borders the

River Thurne The River Thurne is a river in Norfolk, England in The Broads. Just long, it rises from the coast near Martham Broad and is navigable from West Somerton. It flows southwest and is linked by Candle Dyke and Heigham Sound to both Horsey Mere ...

and Bastwick is at the south end of the bridge which carries the A149 road over that river to the village of

Potter Heigham Potter Heigham is a village and civil parish on the River Thurne in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated north-east of the city of Norwich on the A149 road, and within the Broads. The village is known for its mediaeval bridge and the ...

.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 401 in 172 households, the population reducing to 391 in the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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of Great Yarmouth.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001).
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
''. Retrieved 2 December 2005. The church of Repps-with-Bastwick St Peter is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in

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 World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

: * 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 The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...

* Private Sidney C. Grimble (1897-1918), 18th Battalion,

Lancashire Fusiliers The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, and had many different titles throughout its 28 ...

* Private Charles F. Dowe (1898-1916), Hawke Battalion,

Royal Naval Division The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division was a United Kingdom infantry division of the First World War. It was originally formed as the Royal Naval Division at the outbreak of the war, from Royal Navy and Royal Marine reservists and volunteers, who wer ...

* Private Charles J. Mitchell (1882-1916), 7th Battalion,

Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* Private Albert S. Dack (1899-1918), 1st Battalion,

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army based in the county of Kent in existence from 1881 to 1961. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, originally as the Queen' ...

And, the following for the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

: * Able-Seaman Frederick W. Blogg (d.1942), ''

HMS Cornwall (56) HMS ''Cornwall'', pennant number 56, was a heavy cruiser of the ''Kent'' sub-class built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. The ship spent most of her pre-World War II career assigned to the China Station. Shortly after the war began in Au ...

'' * Aircraftman Second-Class Frank J. Johnson (1921-1939), No. 99 Squadron RAF * Fusilier George F. Dean (d.1944), 7th Battalion,

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution an ...

* Private Ralph S. Nichols (1922-1943), 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Repps%20with%20Bastwick

External links

* for Bastwick * for Repps
St Peter's on the European Round Tower Churches website
* * Civil parishes in Norfolk Borough of Great Yarmouth {{Norfolk-geo-stub