Brompton, Kent

Historical Description

Brompton, a town and two chapelries in Chatham and Gillingham parishes, Kent. The town consists of two parts, New and Old; the former has a station on the L.C. & D.R., 36 miles from London, and 1½ mile E of Chatham; the latter is on the brow of a hill overlooking the Medway, 1 NE of Chatham, under which it has a post, money order, and telegraph office. A grand naval hospital, barracks for the Royal Marines Light Infantry, barracks and hospital for the infantry of the line, and barracks, with stables, for the Royal Engineers are here, all within the extensive fortifications which defend the dockyard and gun-wharf of Chatham. The barracks include a museum, containing models and relics, and there is a large military gymnasium. The chapelries are Old and New Brompton. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 6205. The livings are vicarages in the diocese of Rochester; value, £300 each. Old Brompton Church is a neat edifice in the Pointed style, with a spire. New Brompton Church was built in 1866 at a cost of £5800, and is in the Early Decorated style. There are Wesleyan, Free Methodist, and Bible Christian chapels.

Administration

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

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

Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Brompton, Garrison Church: baptisms 1847-1916

Findmypast have the following online for Brompton, Holy Trinity: baptisms 1848-1916

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brompton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brompton)

Maps

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

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.