Repps, North (St. Mary)

REPPS, NORTH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of North Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Cromer; containing 603 inhabitants. The scenery is exceedingly picturesque; and the views from Tolls Hill, where is a remarkably distinct echo, are very fine, embracing both the ocean and the surrounding country. The road from Norwich to Cromer intersects the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £18, and in the patronage of the Crown, in right of the duchy of Lancaster; the tithes have been commuted for £580, and there are 10 acres of glebe, with a house, erected by the late Rev. Thomas Hay, D.D. The church is in the decorated and later English styles, with an embattled tower. A school is supported by the dividends on £1000 three per cent. consols., bequeathed by Dr. Hay in 1830; a neat school-house was erected in 1837. William Rugge or Repps, Bishop of Norwich in the 16th century, was a native of the parish. The late Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., died here in 1845.