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530:"there was always much traffic on the old turnpike road, which linked London not only with Little Chelsea and Fulham but also (via Putney Bridge) with parts of Surrey as well, and which from 1726 to 1826 was maintained by the Kensington Turnpike Trustees. Anciently, the eastern end of this highway was known indiscriminately as the road to Fulham or the road to Brompton. The name 'Brompton', now used loosely, then applied most precisely to the settlement which lay westwards of what is now South Kensington Station, just off the turnpike road along the lane to Earl's Court. This lane, generally called Brompton Lane or Bell and Horns Lane, diverged from the main road at the Bell and Horns, an inn sited opposite the , where Empire House now stands. After the frontages of Brompton Road nearer London had been built up, the original nucleus of Brompton became known as Old Brompton and Brompton Lane as Old Brompton Road—which name survives today except in the short stretch east of South Kensington Station, where its line is represented by Thurloe Place. Before 1863 therefore, 'Brompton Road' was in general an unofficial term, usually to be construed as meaning the part of the Fulham turnpike road connecting Knightsbridge with Brompton Lane and thus with Old Brompton." 755: 747: 2263: 1367: 766: 540: 1263: 702: 777: 74: 55: 2766: 2701: 2681: 735: 2776: 2761: 2751: 2741: 2731: 2721: 2711: 2691: 2676: 2666: 2656: 2646: 2636: 2270: 3002: 716: 471: 3014: 81: 791: 724: 1500: 241: 1508: 925:
farm. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has confined its "Brompton Conservation Area" to but the small northern part of the historical village of Brompton. the rest of it is partitioned among several other neighbouring conservation areas.
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on the other hand, which had opened 1868, was originally called "Gloucester Road, Brompton", but for simplicity dropped the Brompton from its name. Thus, Brompton ceased to be a place or destination. A nod to Brompton resurfaced in 1866 with
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gives a long list. 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".
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that "Brompton was at one time almost exclusively the artists' quarter and is still largely frequented by the votaries of the brush and chisel, though of late years
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of 1851 and the rapid institutional developments in the area, such as museums and colleges; and the arrival of railway transport. The station built in 1868 on the
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The first recorded mention of Brompton dates back to 1292. It was a rural area which subsequently attracted attention as the story of developments centred along a
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as the names of stops during accelerated urbanisation, but lacking any cogent reference to local history and usage or distinctions from neighbouring settlements.
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of Kensington Metropolitan Borough in 1916, SW as 'Redcliffe' was Old Brompton; a road, Old Brompton Road, bisected both linking to the north-west.
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and extant Victorian residential streets at West Brompton have given birth to an entity called, "West Brompton Crossing" to refer to the
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which overtook its land, but it extended more broadly than is suggested by the above sectors, to have a long border along the hidden
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bush which represents the link between the two former boroughs' connection with the 'Brompton' ward. The area is now part of the
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The rest of "South Kensington" and Kensington proper, including the first manor, centred on what became a royal palace (
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Imperial College Road, Ennismore Street, Montpellier Mews (southern straight), Knightsbridge (street),
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in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of
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City of Westminster Conservation Area Audits, Albert Gate: Knightsbridge: History – January 2020
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Boundaries can be traced in the street network with a few small gaps, clockwise from the north:
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The gradual fragmentation and overshadowing of Brompton was probably due to two factors: the
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who made a ground-breaking contribution to the understanding of the molecular structures of
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Its fragmented existence is commemorated chiefly through four of the places listed below.
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has been encroaching upon its boundaries, and Belgravian rents are stealing westward."
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radial sector focused on what was for many centuries a geographical point, a bridge, "
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whose tube stop dropped "Brompton" from its title, and is either obfuscated as
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Green and horticultural Brompton to Little Chelsea and the ancient parish of
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the eastern part: Brompton Road (and adjuncts) currently subsumed under
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Brompton has been home to many writers, actors and intellectuals. The
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formerly known as the "Jewish Cemetery, Brompton", opened 1815
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This article is about the area in London. For other uses, see
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and their contiguous streets, and continued all the way to
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Districts of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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which included its Brompton roots. The crest contains a
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this has been simplified so that a three-church parish
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Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council elections
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History of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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The first Brompton Hospital on the Fulham Road, c.1850
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lines, and its imposition of station names, including
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QC (1790–1874), barrister of Gore Lodge, Old Brompton
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Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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In modern terms 1898: 1816: 1789: 1107: 973:, formerly, St Peter's Cranley Gardens, 1866-7 719:206 Brompton Road, the former station building 2131: 1812: 1810: 1501:"Kensington and Chelsea Ward population 2011" 1068:, formerly known as the "New Cancer Hospital" 991:formerly known as "Gloucester Road, Brompton" 850:The village gained its first church in 1829, 1675: 805:that ran south westward from London through 415:to the south. It was bisected by the Fulham 2138: 2124: 1807: 486:) meets today's Thurloe Place and becomes 2105:, London: Historical Publications, 2000. 2014: 1365: 1350:condemned buildings, in the vicinity of 1261: 869:to serve the attendant crowds was named 789: 775: 764: 753: 745: 733: 722: 714: 700: 538: 469: 62:(Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) 2147:Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1950:. www.rbkc.gov.uk. 1965. Archived from 389:Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 14: 3033: 1901:"Survey of London Volume 41, Brompton" 1370:Jewish Cemetery, Fulham Road, Brompton 948:, 1868–1964 at South Parade, (Chelsea) 897:In 1965 when the historic boroughs of 890:'s "station in the middle of fields", 667:borough boundary, then back along the 550:terraces typical of today's "Brompton" 2119: 1217:Brompton and Old Brompton are deemed 399:. It lay southeast of the village of 3013: 2064: 977:Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche 1821:. London: Historical Publications. 1608:. London: Historical Publications. 24: 2090: 1448:(1869–1944), Anglo-Irish architect 1246:the southern part: subsumed under 905:merged to form one authority, the 728:Royal Society of British Sculptors 435:. It saw its first parish church, 25: 3072: 1475:(1920–1958), British chemist and 1361: 1240:the central part: subsumed under 1212: 558:, dated but not dead in use, and 3012: 3001: 3000: 2774: 2764: 2759: 2749: 2739: 2729: 2719: 2709: 2699: 2689: 2679: 2674: 2664: 2654: 2644: 2634: 2268: 2261: 1998:Patricia E C Croot, ed. (2004). 1903:. 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(1983). 1790:F H W Sheppard, ed. (1983). 1087:St Augustine's, Queen's Gate 989:Gloucester Road tube station 883:Gloucester Road tube station 597:St Augustine's, Queen's Gate 508:Gloucester Road tube station 7: 1424:lived in Harrington Gardens 1420:(1836–1911), dramatist and 1399:(1801–1873), English writer 1108:Notable streets of Brompton 983:Fulham Road Jewish Cemetery 114:OS grid reference 42:Human settlement in England 10: 3077: 2360:Victoria and Albert Museum 2259: 2024:. 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Brompton, Kensington
Brompton (disambiguation)
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council elections

Brompton Oratory
Brompton is located in Greater London
Greater London
OS grid reference
TQ274790
London borough
Kensington & Chelsea
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
LONDON
Postcode district
SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10
Dialling code
020
Police
Metropolitan
Fire
London
Ambulance
London

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