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On the Augqustintan Yriory of the Holy 
Trinity at Repton, Derbyshire. 
By W. H. St. Joun Hopz, B.A., F.S.A. 
Repton has not hitherto been gone into at any length ; 
partly on account of the fragmentary nature of the 
buildings, and also because the arrangements of a 
medieval monastery are generally but imperfectly understood. 
Recent excavations on the site have brought to light the ground 
plan of the church and other buildings, and we are now able to 
ascertain, pretty clearly, the extent of the Priory and the disposition 
of its several parts. 
It is not my intention to enter at length into the 
history of the ecclesiastical establishments which have from 
time to time flourished at Repton, but a few words are necessary 
to make the distinctions between them quite clear. I cannot 
pretend to add anything to what has been already printed by 
various historians, and more recently by Mr. Cox,* but the recent 
excavations have thrown much light on the history of its buildings, 
which, of course, was not available to previous writers. 
There are very few places in England which can lay claim to so 
peculiarly interesting a history as that of Repton. Under our 
Old-English ancestors it was the capital of the kingdom of the 
* Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. iii, 423. [Bemrose, Derby, 1877.] See 
also Bigsby’s History of Repton. [London, 1854. ] 
