In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brompton like this:
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.
Brompton through time
Brompton is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brompton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brompton, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11791
Date accessed: 20th May 2024
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