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St Wystan's Church, Repton

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The church has a cellar built in the 7th century to bury saints and hide.

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St Wystan's Church, Repton
St. Wystan's Church is an Anglican parish church in Repton, Derbyshire that is famous for its Anglo-Saxon crypt which is the burial place of two Mercian kings.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon Saint Wystan (or Wigstan), who was formerly buried within the church's crypt.[2]

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