A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BROMPTON, a chapelry in Northallerton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Northeastern railway, 1½ mile N of Northallerton. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Northallerton. Acres, 3,801. Real property, £6,670. Pop., 1,398. Houses, 316. The property is much subdivided. Here is Standard hill, the scene of the victory over the Scots in 1138. The inhabitants are chiefly weavers. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £120. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is good; and there are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Brompton CP/Ch Northallerton AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Brompton |
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