Place:Repps cum Bastwick, Norfolk, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

source: Family History Library Catalog

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Repps cum 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) northwest of the town of Great Yarmouth and 22 km (14 mi) northeast 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.

The civil parish has an area of 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) and in the 2001 UK census had a population of 401 in 172 households, the population reducing to 391 in the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of Great Yarmouth.

According to all sources inspected, Repps cum Bastwick has always been a single parish.

NOTE: The similar-sounding Northrepps and Southrepps are located near Cromer on Norfolk's north coast.

Research Tips

• William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845 provides an early description.
• GENUKI provides a list of references for Repps-cum-Bastwick. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of the Hundreds of East and West Flegg.
• GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:

• England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
• England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
• England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
• England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
• England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901

• Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.

• Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
• Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

• FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.