Repton Abbey

Repton Abbey
	Location within Derbyshire
Monastery information
Order	Benedictine
Established	c. 600
Disestablished	Abandoned 873
People
Important associated figures	Saint Alfthritha, former Abbess; Saint Edburga of Repton, former Abbess; Saint Guthlac, visited to receive the tonsure; Saint Werburgh, first recorded Abbess; Saint Wigstan, formerly buried within the abbey's crypt; King Æthelbald of Mercia, buried within the abbey's crypt; King Wiglaf of Mercia, buried within the abbey's crypt;
Site
Location	Repton, Derbyshire, England
Coordinates	52°50′29″N 1°33′04″W / 52.841308°N 1.55102°W

Repton Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbey in Derbyshire, England. Founded in the 7th century, the abbey was a double monastery, a community of both monks and nuns. The abbey is noted for its connections to various saints and Mercian royalty; two of the thirty-seven Mercian Kings were buried within the abbey's crypt. The abbey was abandoned in 873, when Repton was overrun by the invading Great Heathen Army.