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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brompton on Swale like this:
BROMPTON-UPON-SWALE, a township in Easby parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Swale and the Richmond railway, 3½ miles E of Richmond. It includes the hamlet of Citadilla; and has a post office under Richmond. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £3,418. Pop., 406. Houses, 98. It forms a curacy with Easby.
Brompton on Swale is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brompton on Swale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brompton on Swale, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11793
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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