Brompton
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English
Etymology
From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Brompton (countable and uncountable, plural Bromptons)
- A number of places in England:
- 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.
- A suburb in Medway, Kent, between Chatham and Gillingham (OS grid ref TQ7668).
- A village and civil parish with a town council in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3796).
- A civil parish (served by Brompton-by-Sawdon Parish Council) in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire.
- A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO2593).
- A hamlet near Cross Houses, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5407).
- A borough in the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
- A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Charles Sturt.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Brompton is the 23336th most common surname in England, belonging to 180 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brompton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.