Meanings
plural Bromptons
- A number of places in England:
- countableuncountableAn 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.
- countableuncountableA suburb in Medway district, Kent, between Chatham and Gillingham (OS grid ref TQ7668).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3796).
- countableuncountableA civil parish (served by Brompton-by-Sawdon Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO2593).
- countableuncountableA hamlet near Cross Houses, Berrington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5407).
- countableuncountableA borough in the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishbrōm“brushwood”
- EnglishBrompton
From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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