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Brompton, Middlesex

Historical Description

Brompton, a suburb of London, in the parish of Kensington, Middlesex, between Knightsbridge and Chelsea, 3½ miles SW by W of St Paul's. It has post offices under London, SW, and the railway stations of West Brompton and South Kensington. The north-eastern part is called Old Brompton, and the south-eastern part New Brompton. Large part of the area is occupied by streets, terraces, crescents, and squares, chiefly of modern erection, and form a continuous town between Belgravia and Chelsea. A part, formerly called Brompton Park, was famous for nearly 200 years as a nursery-garden. Henry Cromwell, William Penn Ford, Count Rumford, A. Murphy, John Philpot Curran, Sir Richard Phillips, the Rev. W Beloe, Charles Incledon, George Colman, and John Reeve, were residents. See also LONDON.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyMiddlesex 
Civil parishKensington 
HundredOssulstone 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brompton from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Middlesex is online.


Maps

Online maps of Brompton are available from a number of sites:

DistrictKensington and Chelsea
CountyGreater London
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
Postal districtSW7
Post TownLondon

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