All the various styles of architecture are to be seen included in the walls of Repton church. Saxon or Norman in the chancel, crypt, walls, and foundations of the present nave as far as the second pillars. During the year 1854 the Saxon pillars and arches of the church were removed for the sake of uniformity! The pillars are preserved in the south porch. During the last restoration of 1885–6, the foundations of this part of the church, and those of the Early English period, were laid bare. The Decorated style is represented by the pillars and arches of the nave, the north and south aisles, and the tower with its steeple. Bassano, in his _Church Notes_, records this fact:— “An^o 1340. The tower steeple belonging to the Priors Church of this town was finished and built up, as appears by a Scrole of Lead, having on it these words—‘Turris adaptatur qua trajectu decoratur. M c ter xxbis. Testu Palini Johis.” The Perpendicular style is represented by the clerestory windows, of two lights each, the roof of the church, and the south porch. In the year 1779, the crypt was “discovered” in a curious way. Dr. Prior, headmaster of Repton School, died on June 16th of that year; a grave was being prepared in the chancel, when the grave-digger suddenly disappeared from sight; he had dug through the vaulted roof, and so fell into the crypt below! In the south-west division of the groined ceiling, a rough lot of rubble, used to mend the hole, indicates the spot. During the year 1792 “a restoration” of the church took place; the church was re-pewed in the horse-box style! All the beautifully carved oak work on pews and elsewhere, described by Stebbing Shaw in the _Topographer_ (May, 1790), and many monuments, were cleared out or destroyed. The crypt seems to have been the receptacle for “all and various” kinds of this “rubbish.” In the year 1802, Dr. Sleath, headmaster of Repton, “discovered” the steps and door on the north side of the chancel, and having cleared out the one and opened the other, found the crypt filled up to the capitals of the pillars with “rubbish,” which he removed, and restored the crypt as it is now. There are three ancient register books of births, baptisms, marriages, and burials, and one register book of the churchwardens’ and constables’ accounts of the parish of Repton. They extend from 1580 to 1670. The register book of the churchwardens’ and constables’ accounts extends from 1582 to 1635, and includes Repton, and the chapelries of Foremark, Ingleby, and Bretby. It is a narrow folio volume of coarse paper (16 in. by 6 in., by 2 in. thick), and is bound with a parchment which formed part of a Latin Breviary or Office Book, with music and words. The initial letters are illuminated; the colours inside are still bright and distinct.