As someone who was born there and my father was on Repton Rural District Council, I can say that Repton always was and still is in Derbyshire. Historically it was part of the Hundred of Repton & Gresley both in Derbyshire. The rivers Dove and Trent (going south) form the county boundary. When you leave the town of Burton-on-Trent you cross the Trent Bridge. Historically at that point you have crossed into Derbyshire, but as the town has expanded, it has enveloped the villages of Winshill and Stapenhill, which have now been absorbed into Staffordshire. But Repton has not. Forget the poor law unions, the registration districts and Ancestry - Repton is in Derbyshire. Barbara Harvey At 15:13 27/01/2013, you wrote: >Thanks Ruth, > >What I wanted to know was if the village of Repton was ever within the >county boundary of Staffordshire. There is a general, local, understanding >that it was. > >It was definitely within the Burton on Trent registration district until it >became one in its own right. I now suspect that people were not clear on the >difference between county boundaries and registration districts. > >Many thanks for the links. > >Andy > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ruth J" <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> >To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:10 AM >Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Repton in Staffordshire > > > > Hi Andy > > > > Genuki holds your answers. > > > > See here for Repton's history of the parish > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Repton/index.html > > > > Note particularly its physical situation - 'REPTON is a parish, in the > > hundred of Repton and Gresley: the village, which is seven miles S.S.E. > > from Derby and four and a half N.E. from Burton-upon-Trent ... ' There's > > your clue. > > > > See here for dates and area changes: > > http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/burton%20upon%20trent.html > > and http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/repton.html > > > > Good luck > > Ruth > > ****************************** > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > > MATERIALS. > > ****************************** > > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > > link. It's usually from an infected source! > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >****************************** >ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do >not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage >of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. >****************************** >PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. >BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER >follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No one is saying that Repton isn't in Derbyshire ... IT IS !!! But for some of the time it was in a Registration District which was in Staffordshire .... NB These Registration Districts moved about over time ... The most well known area is that of DUDLEY which see-sawed between Staffordshire and Warwickshire for quite some time ...... The best information as to what areas a particular Registration District contained can be found on GenUki .... for England and Wales they can be found at .... http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/index.html Hope this helps ! Regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara H Sent: 27 January 2013 16:56 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Repton in Staffordshire As someone who was born there and my father was on Repton Rural District Council, I can say that Repton always was and still is in Derbyshire. Historically it was part of the Hundred of Repton & Gresley both in Derbyshire. The rivers Dove and Trent (going south) form the county boundary. When you leave the town of Burton-on-Trent you cross the Trent Bridge. Historically at that point you have crossed into Derbyshire, but as the town has expanded, it has enveloped the villages of Winshill and Stapenhill, which have now been absorbed into Staffordshire. But Repton has not. Forget the poor law unions, the registration districts and Ancestry - Repton is in Derbyshire. Barbara Harvey At 15:13 27/01/2013, you wrote: >Thanks Ruth, > >What I wanted to know was if the village of Repton was ever within the >county boundary of Staffordshire. There is a general, local, understanding >that it was. > >It was definitely within the Burton on Trent registration district until it >became one in its own right. I now suspect that people were not clear on the >difference between county boundaries and registration districts. > >Many thanks for the links. > >Andy > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ruth J" <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> >To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:10 AM >Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Repton in Staffordshire > > > > Hi Andy > > > > Genuki holds your answers. > > > > See here for Repton's history of the parish > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Repton/index.html > > > > Note particularly its physical situation - 'REPTON is a parish, in the > > hundred of Repton and Gresley: the village, which is seven miles S.S.E. > > from Derby and four and a half N.E. from Burton-upon-Trent ... ' There's > > your clue. > > > > See here for dates and area changes: > > http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/burton%20upon%20trent.html > > and http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/repton.html > > > > Good luck > > Ruth > > ****************************** > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > > MATERIALS. > > ****************************** > > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > > link. It's usually from an infected source! > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >****************************** >ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do >not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage >of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. >****************************** >PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. >BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER >follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message