Northrepps Village
Northrepps is a small quiet village with it's fair share of flint cottages and rural outbuildings.
Northrepps church, St Mary the Virgin, pre dates 1066, but further building/repairs were carried out during the 12th to 15th centuries. It is both large and beautiful for a village church and well worth a visit. It has memorials to many well known previous Northrepps residents, including the ' Gurney' family.
In the early part of the 19th century Northrepps Hall ( home of the Gurney family) was used for experiments of the famous 'Breeches Buoy'. These were carried out under the directions of Miss Anna Gurney, who, due to her enthusiasm in saving lives at sea, won the respect of the seamen.
Further information about the family can be found in Northrepps Grandchildren by Verily Anderson, who reminds us that 8 generations had resided at 'The Hall' including Thomas Buxton of slave emancipation fame and Elizabeth ( Gurney) Fry.
It also has a school, an active village hall and playground and a busy village pub called The Foundry which is a 3 minute walk away
The pub is so named as Northrepps was once famous for its foundry. In 1830 the gallus plough was developed here. This was widely used well into the 1920s. The plough appears on the church weather vane which was donated by local man, John Golden. 'Old Summers', as he was known, was connected with the foundry and he was the ring leader of the local smugglers. The 'gang' is said to have tied up the chief 'prevention' officer to a post while they disposed of their contraband. An ally of the smugglers was Sally Bean, who lived in a cottage on Shucks Hill. The cottage had a 20-mile view of the countryside on the south side which enabled her to give warnings of the 'prevention' men.
There are lots of walks and lanes from the village centre, designated as ' quiet lanes' that will take you directly to Cromer or Overstand ( 2 miles and 1.5 miles) respectively.
Village shops as well as a lovely cafe and several pubs, can be found at Overstrand. The Vernon Arms at Southrepps is also a lovely village pub with a very good restaurant
The sunsets are magnificent, whether on the coast or inland so make sure to have a camera!
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