Brompton
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editBrompton (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 North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3796).
- A civil parish (served by Brompton-by-Sawdon Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district. [1]
- A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO2593).
- A hamlet near Cross Houses, Berrington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5407). [2]
- 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
editStatistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Brompton is the 23336th most common surname in England, belonging to 180 individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brompton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Places in England
- en:Neighbourhoods in Greater London, England
- en:Places in Greater London, England
- en:Suburbs in Kent, England
- en:Places in Kent, England
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- en:Places in Quebec
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Suburbs in South Australia
- en:Places in Adelaide
- en:Places in South Australia
- en:Places in Australia
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English