Brompton or The Brompton may refer to:
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Brompton, London
Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, survives in name as a Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, ward in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered vill ...
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Brompton (ward), a former electoral ward of
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council, also known as Kensington and Chelsea Council, is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. ...
that existed from 1964 to 2014
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Brompton, Hambleton
Brompton is a village and civil parish in the North Yorkshire (district), unitary area and county of North Yorkshire, England, about north of Northallerton. The village was near the site of a battle between English and Scots armies and was t ...
, north of Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England
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Brompton, Kent
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Brompton, Quebec
Brompton is a borough of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec. The borough comprises the former city of Bromptonville, which was amalgamated into the city of Sherbrooke on January 1, 2002. Prior to December 30, 1998, "Brompton" referred to a township ...
, a borough of Sherbrooke, in Canada
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Brompton by Sawdon, North Yorkshire, England
:*Brompton, the parish including
Brompton by Sawdon
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Brompton, Shropshire
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Brompton, South Australia
Brompton is an inner-northern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.
History
Brompton was established in June 1849 and quickly grew. By October of that year, two-thirds of the form ...
, a suburb in Adelaide, South Australia
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Brompton-on-Swale
Brompton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is located three miles east of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond and north-west of the county town of Northallerton on the northern bank o ...
, North Yorkshire, England
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Brompton Oratory
Brompton Oratory, also known as the London Oratory, is a neo-classical late-Victorian Catholic parish church in the Brompton area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, neighbouring Knightsbridge, London. Its name stems from Oratorian ...
, a Catholic church
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Brompton Bicycle
Brompton Bicycle Limited, trading as Brompton, is a British manufacturer of folding bicycles based in Greenford, London.
The Brompton folding bicycle and accessories are the company's core product, noted for its self-supporting compact size w ...
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Holy Trinity Brompton Church
Holy Trinity Brompton with St Paul's Onslow Square and St Augustine's South Kensington, often referred to simply as HTB, is an Anglican church in London, England.
The church consists of six sites: HTB Brompton Road, HTB Onslow Square (''formerly ...
, an Anglican church
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Royal Brompton Hospital
Royal Brompton Hospital is the largest specialist heart and lung medical centre in the United Kingdom. It is managed by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
History Consumption in the 19th century
In the 19th century, consumption was a co ...
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Brompton cocktail
Brompton cocktail, sometimes called Brompton mixture or Brompton's cocktail, was an elixir meant for use as a pain suppressant dosed for prophylaxis. Made from morphine or diacetylmorphine (heroin), cocaine, highly pure ethyl alcohol (some recipes ...
, sometimes called Brompton mixture, an elixir for pain prophylaxis
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West Brompton
West Brompton is an area of west London, England, that straddles the boundary between the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The centuries-old boundary traced by Counter's Creek, probably marke ...
, London
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Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery (originally the West of London and Westminster Cemetery) is since 1852 the first (and only) London cemetery to be Crown Estate, Crown property, managed by The Royal Parks, in West Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington a ...
, London
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Brompton (surname)
The name Brompton is today mainly associated with locations and businesses, and less so as an actual surname. Given the large number of places with the name, it is oddly surprising that it is so uncommon to come across a "Brompton."
Examples of ...
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Brompton (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
Brompton, originally known as Marye House, is an historic house located on heights overlooking the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The house was built in 1838 by John Lawrence Marye. The house was added to the National Register of Historic P ...
, an historic house
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New Brompton F.C., the original name of
Gillingham F.C., which the club used until 1912
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