The foremost authority on the history of St Wystan's Church was Dr. H.M. Taylor CBE TD, the first Vice-Chancellor of Keele University, who together with Professor Martin Biddle and his wife, Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle conducted extensive archaeological exploration at Repton during the 1970s and 1980s. The historical material on this site draws heavily on Dr. Taylor's work.
Dr. H.M. Taylor, St Wystan's Church Repton. A Guide and History
"Some church guidebooks reflect very high standards of research. Among the best [is] Dr. H.M. Taylor's guide to St. Wystan, Repton . . ." Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) ISBN: 978 0 3002 1559 5
Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle: Repton and the 'great heathen army' 873 - 874,reprinted from Vikings and the Danelaw, Select Papers from the Thirteenth Viking Congress, edited by James Graham-Campbell, Richard Hall, Judith Jesch and David N. Parsons (Oxbow Books, 2001)
Martin Biddle & Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle, Repton and the Vikings
Antiquity, vol 66, no. 250, 1992, pp 36-51
A full catalogue, description, and discussion of all the Anglo-Saxon carved stones preserved in the church or found in Professor Biddle's excavations is in advanced preparation under the editorship of Dr Jane Hawkes of the University of York and the general editorship of Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp of the University of Durham. It will appear as Volume XIII, 'Derbyshire and Staffordshire' in the 'Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture', published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press.
Caroline Alexander, Lost Gold of the Dark Ages (an introduction to the world of the Anglo-Saxons)
(National Geographic, 2011) ISBN: 978-1-4262-0814-0
It is believed that only one document created at Repton survived the Vikings. It is published by Walter de Gray Birch in Cartularium Saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon History Vol I (London, 1885), p579 [numbered as BCS 414]
Repton Priory
W. Page, Victoria History of the County of Derbyshire
London 1905. Vol. 2, Domesday Survey, p.345
Early historical records
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People with parallel Latin and English text
(ed. B. Colgrave and R. A. B. Mynors, 1969)
Felix's Life of St Guthlac with parallel Latin and English
(ed. B. Colgrave, 1956)
Florence of Worcester Chronicon e.v Chronicis Latin text only
(ed. B. , Thorpe, 1848)
and English translation by T. Forester (1854)
The Chronicle of Evesham Latin text only
(ed. W. D. Macray, 1863)
The Anglo-Saxon list of the resting place of the saints was edited by F. Liebermann, Die Heiligen Englands (1889)
More modern historical records
Robert Bigsby, Historical and Topographical Description of Repton, in the County of Derby. Woodfall and Kinder (1854)
reproduced from a scan by Nabu Press (2010) ISBN-10: 1145341373; ISBN-13: 978-1145341371
A version in Google Books offers different viewing options.
J. C. Cox, Notes on the churches of Derbyshire (1877)
F. C. Hipkins, Repton: Village, Abbey, Church, Priory, and School (1892)
F. C. Hipkins, Repton (1894)
F. C. Hipkins, Repton and Its Neighbourhood: A Descriptive Guide of the Archæology, &C., Of the District (1899)
E. A. Fisher, The greater Anglo-Saxon churches: An architectural-historical study (F&F, 1962)
From the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal:
J. C. Cox in Vol. 8 (1886), Vol. 34 (1912), and Vol. 36 (1914)
F. C. Hipkins in Vol. 23 (1901)
J. T. Irvine in Vol. 5 (1883) and Vol. 14 (1892)
From the Journal of the British Archaeological Association
J.T. Irvine in Vol. 50 (1894)
Monographs
E. Gilbert, 'St Wystan's Repton, Cahiers Archéologiques, Vol. 17 (1967)
H. M. Taylor, Repton reconsidered, in England before the Conquest, ed. P. A. M. Clemoes and K. Hughes (1971)
Repton Studies (ed. H. M. Taylor)
Eric Fernie FSA, The Eastern Parts of the Anglo-Saxon Church of St Wystan at Repton: Function and Chronology
The Antiquaries Journal, 98, 2018 pp 95-114 The Society of Antiquaries of London, 2018
doi.10.1017/S000358151800002I. First published online 16 August 2018
Pictures
Drawing of hogback in Lysons' Magna Britannia (1817)