Brompton in Northallerton, North Riding

Description
Brompton, a large village, a township, and a parish in the N. R. Yorkshire, adjacent to the N.E.R., 1 1/2 mile N of Northallerton. The village has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Northallerton. Acreage of township, 3842; population, 1245. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. Here is Standard Hill, the scene of the victory over the Scots in 1138. The inhabitants are chiefly weavers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £246 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is good, and there are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Baptist chapels.