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unusual facts about Brompton


Étienne-Alexis Boucher

He was also a municipal councillor for the municipality of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton as well as a school commissionner for the Saint-Hyacinthe School Board.


1894–95 New Brompton F.C. season

The match was played at a neutral venue in Caversham, near Reading, and New Brompton won 5–1 to gain promotion to the higher division.

Brompton Academy

BAM Construction (part of BAM Nuttall) has won an £80m contract to design and build three new academy schools for Medway Council last year, including Brompton Academy and Bishop of Rochester Academy.

Brompton World Championship

The Brompton World Championship was first held in 2006, established by the Spanish importer of Brompton bicycles.

Cec Tyson

Born in Brompton-by-Sawdon, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Tyson enjoyed a successful career as a left-handed batsman in League cricket in Yorkshire, and made his debut for Yorkshire at the age of 32, against Hampshire at County Cricket Ground, Southampton, in May 1921.

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

The Willis home, which burned down before the outbreak of war, was separated by a gap in the ridge from the Marye's family home, Brompton.

Gardner Green Stevens

He was born in Brompton, Lower Canada in 1814, the eldest son of Gardner Stevens and Deborah Harrington and brother of John H. Stevens.

George Garth

He was son of John Garth MP and Rebecca, the daughter of John Brompton and granddaughter of Sir Richard Raynsford, Lord chief justice of the Kings bench.

Harold Baily Dixon

He played with them in the second competition for the FA Cup when Oxford reached the Cup Final, played at Lillie Bridge ground, West Brompton, on 29 March 1873, only to lose to the Wanderers by 2 goals to nil.

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust runs the Royal Brompton Hospital in Kensington and Harefield Hospital in Hillingdon, London, England.

William Groombridge

William Ironside Groombridge, secretary of English football club Gillingham/New Brompton

William Ironside Groombridge

William Ironside Groombridge was secretary of English football club Gillingham (known for much of his tenure as New Brompton F.C.) from 1896 until 1923.


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