In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brompton like this:
BROMPTON, a chapelry in Northallerton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Northeastern railway, 1½ mile N of Northallerton. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Northallerton. Acres, 3,801. Real property, £6,670. Pop., 1,398. Houses, 316. The property is much subdivided. ...
Here is Standard hill, the scene of the victory over the Scots in 1138. The inhabitants are chiefly weavers. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £120. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is good; and there are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Brompton through time
Brompton is now part of Hambleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hambleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brompton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brompton, in Hambleton and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11792
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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