Brompton, Hambleton
| Brompton | |
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 Water End, Brompton |
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 Brompton
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| Brompton shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 2,055 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SE375964 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORTHALLERTON |
| Postcode district | DL6 |
| Dialling code | 01609 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | |
Brompton is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of the county town of Northallerton. Practically a suburb of the nearby county town, the village was near the site of a battle between English and Scots armies and was the location of mills producing linen goods from the 18th century onward. With 2,055 people this village has grown considerably since the 1800s.
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Bruntone in the Allerton hundred. Prior to the invasion, the manor was granted to Earl Edwin, but subsequently granted in 1086 to the Crown and were added to the lands that were the possession of the Bishop of Durham St Cuthbert and remained so after 1086. In 1836 those lands were transferred to the see of Ripon. The village became an ecclesiastical parish in 1843.
The etymology of the name is derived from a combination of the Old English word brōm, meaning broom and the Old English suffix of tūn, meaning farm or settlement. Put together they mean broom farm.
The traditionally held location for the site of the Battle of the Standard in 1138 is land just north-west of the village, on an area of land bounded by the A167 road to the west, an overgrown track known as Scotpit Lane to the south and Brompton Lane to the east that is called Standard Hill. This site was also where local militia gathered prior to the campaign to retake Scotland by Edward I in 1303.
The village was an important centre for linen making and weaving in the 19th century with eight mills in the village at its peak in 1820 but declined by the early 20th century. The last mill John Pattison Yeomans was located in what is now the residential area of Linen Way. Bricks from the demolished chimney of the John Wilford Mill on Station road now form a memorial to linen workers which is situated on Water End Green, opposite the Village Inn. The village is now largely residential with just a few small businesses.
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