Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/villages-in-shropshire

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Brompton, Shropshire

Hamlet in Shropshire, England

Hamlet in Shropshire, England

FieldValue
countryEngland
static_image_nameView to Brompton motte and bailey castle (geograph 4371262).jpg
static_image_captionView to Brompton motte and bailey castle
coordinates
official_nameBrompton
civil_parishChirbury with Brompton
unitary_englandShropshire
lieutenancy_englandShropshire
regionWest Midlands
constituency_westminsterLudlow
post_townMONTGOMERY
postcode_districtSY15
postcode_areaSY
dial_code01588
os_grid_referenceSO249931

Brompton () is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It lies on the A489 between Church Stoke and Newtown (both in Powys) at its junction with the B4385. The hamlet is notable for the fact that it is impossible to reach any other settlement in England (except Pentreheyling) by road without first passing through Wales. Public footpaths are the only access which links it with the rest of England. It is, however, not geographically an exclave. It is also notable as having Welsh language road signage on the B4385 heading south into Powys, unique in England.

Brompton is in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton; in 1987 the parishes of Chirbury and Brompton and Rhiston merged to form the present-day civil parish. Earlier Brompton was a township in the English portion of the parish of Church Stoke. Brompton remains in a separate ecclesiastical parish to Chirbury however.

The remains of three Roman marching camps have been found near Brompton. The hamlet lies on Offa's Dyke, and the Offa's Dyke Path passes through. There is also an earthwork motte, which was in existence by 1225.

The Lack, Brompton

The Lack is a Grade II* listed building, formerly in the historic parish of Churchstoke but now in the parish of Chirbury with Brompton. It is likely to have been built in the latter part of the 16th. century.

Situated by the crossroads, there was a public house called the Blue Bell, which closed in 2020 when the landlady died.

References

References

  1. [http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/parish-orders/south-shropshire-parishes-order-1987.pdf South Shropshire Parishes Order 1987] {{webarchive. link. (2013-09-28)
  2. [http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/CCS:MSA918 Discovering Shropshire's History website]
  3. [http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/histland/montgom/1074.htm Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust]
  4. Moran, M.. (2003). "Vernacular Buildings in Shropshire". Logaston Press.
  5. [https://whatpub.com/pubs/SHR/4565/blue-bell-pentreheyling What Pub]
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

villages-in-shropshire
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Brompton, Shropshire — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report