REPTON  , a

village in the S. parliamentary division of Derby-shire, England, 8 m . 'S . W. of Derby, on the Midland railway . Pop . (19o1) 1695 . It is famous for its school, founded in 1557 by Sir John Port, of the neighbouring village of Etwall, which has valuable entrance scholarships, and two leaving exhibitions to the universities annually . The number of boys is about 300 . The school buildings are modern, but incorporate considerable portions of an Augustinian priory established in 1172 . There was an ecclesiastical establishment on this site in the 7th century, the first bishop of Mercia being established here . This was destroyed by the Danes in 874 . In the second half of the loth century, during the reign of Edgar, another church was founded . The existing parish church of St Wystan retains pre-Conquest work in the chancel, beneath which is a remarkably fine vaulted crypt, probably dating from the reign of Edgar, its roof sup-ported on fluted columns .

The monastery was dissolved by

Henry VIII .