Brompton

English

Etymology

From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Brompton (countable and uncountable, plural Bromptons)

1. A number of places in England:
   1. An area and council ward in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, including the South Kensington and Knightsbridge areas (OS grid ref TQ2779). Related terms: West Brompton.
   2. A suburb in Medway, Kent, between Chatham and Gillingham (OS grid ref TQ7668).
   3. A village and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3796).
   4. A civil parish (served by Brompton-by-Sawdon Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district.
   5. A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO2593).
   6. A hamlet near Cross Houses, Berrington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5407).
2. A borough in the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
3. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Charles Sturt.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Brompton boiler
• Brompton-by-Sawdon
• Brompton cocktail
• Brompton mixture
• Brompton-on-Swale
• Brompton Regis
• Chirbury with Brompton
• West Brompton

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Brompton is the 23336^th most common surname in England, belonging to 180 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brompton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.