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Map of Repton 1829

Map of Repton in 1829
The stream across the meadows (probably the Monastery mill-stream and fish pond) was blocked; the head of the arch† through which it ran, can still be seen in the long Abbey Wall on Milton Road near the groundsmen's sheds.

† See ARCH

The Playing Ground pre 1846

The Playing Ground pre 1846 image 1
The Playing Ground pre 1846 image 2

The Playing Ground in 1830

The Playing Ground in 1830
Dr Thomas Williamson Peile was headmaster from 1841 to 1854.

In G.S. Messiter's 'Records and Reminiscences of Repton' (1907), Charles Peile (Hall 1846), the headmaster's son, offers the following on page 48:

"I remember the Cricket Ground being constructed. We used, in the Autumn half (August) to have a match with a team from Cole Orton, Sir G. Beaumont's place. There were three brothers who shone in the cricket field: J.F., Horace, and Edward Bateman."
See COLEORTON HALL

In 1846 the Eastern Slope of the Field where the sheds now stand was levelled at a cost of about £90* to provide a playground for the forty Reptonians of the day. The total area cannot have been much more than two acres.
Access to the field was via the original Fives Court (by the Arch) and the Abbey Barn.

* See CONTRACT