Repton

/ ˈrɛptən /

noun

1. ReptonHumphry17521818MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: gardener Humphry . 1752–1818, English landscape gardener

Example Sentences

Stan was hell-bent on fast-tracking his son's progression as he hopped between several London amateur clubs, with stints at Repton, Dale Youth, Lynn, West Ham, Fisher and Islington.

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And while the churchyard of St Wystan’s Church, in Repton, has witnessed centuries of history, these events may have taken place during a few, terrible, months in 873 AD at the hands of the Vikings under their infamous leader Ivar the Boneless and their most terrible iteration, the Great Heathen Army.

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Dr Emma Brownlee from the University of Cambridge is an expert on funerary archaeology and also worked on the Repton site.

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The peaceful rural village of Repton in Derbyshire is thought to have witnessed a pivotal blood-soaked moment in British history - and an expert says it deserves national recognition.

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Repton's story has been revealed in two main phases of archaeological work - in the 1970s and 1980s under Professor Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle, and then from 2016 to 2023 under Dr Cat Jarman.

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