| Brompton | |
|---|---|
 Brompton Oratory (Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) | |
  Brompton Location within Greater London | |
| Population | 8,839 (2011 Census.Ward)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ274790 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, survives in name as a ward in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of market gardens in the county of Middlesex. It lay southeast of the village of Kensington, abutting the parish of St Margaret's, Westminster at the hamlet of Knightsbridge to the northeast, with Little Chelsea to the south. It was bisected by the Fulham Turnpike, the main road westward out of London to the ancient parish of Fulham and on to Putney and Surrey. It saw its first parish church, Holy Trinity Brompton, only in 1829. Today the village has been comprehensively eclipsed by segmentation due principally to railway development culminating in London Underground lines,[3] and its imposition of station names, including Knightsbridge, South Kensington and Gloucester Road as the names of stops during accelerated urbanisation, but lacking any cogent reference to local history and usage or distinctions from neighbouring settlements.[4]
Brompton has been home to many writers, actors and intellectuals.[5] The Survey of London gives a long list.[6] Its name survives formally to this day, only just, in the shared reference to two of the council's electoral wards called, "Brompton" and "Hans Town".[7]
- ^ "Kensington and Chelsea Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies (2007). "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007" (PDF). The Stationery Office.
- ^ "Underground London: Its railways, subways and sewers | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "The western suburbs: Knightsbridge | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ Tames, Richard. (2000) Earl's Court and Brompton Past. London: Historical Publications. ISBN 0 948667 63 X
- ^ "Appendix: Artists, musicians and writers resident in Brompton, 1790-1870 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Your Councillors". www.rbkc.gov.uk. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.