A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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 township and a parish in Scarborough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies near the river Derwent, 2½ miles N by W of Ganton r. station, and 8 SW by W of Scarborough; and it has a post office under York, and is a seat of petty sessions. Pop., 538. Houses, 117. The parish contains also the townships of Snainton, Troutsdale, and Sawdon. Acres, 10,180. Real property, £11,487. Pop., 1,484. Houses, 318. The property is divided among a few. The manor was a royal domain of the Northumbrian kings; had a seat of theirs on an eminence, called Castle-hill; and passed to the Cliffords and the Cayleys. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Swainton, in the diocese of York. Value, £103. Patron, Sir G. Cayley, Bart. The church is spacious and elegant. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £7. John de Brompton, the Cistercian monk, who wrote a history of England, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Brompton AP/CP Scarborough RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Brompton |
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