page_title: Brompton, Hambleton
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Brompton, Hambleton / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Brompton Windmill, Brompton, Hambleton, before restoration work began in 2004
context_page_description: Brompton is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, about 1.6 miles north of the county town of Northallerton. Practically a suburb of the nearby county town, the village was near the site of a battle between English and Scots armies and was the location of mills producing linen goods from the 18th century onward. With 2,055 people this village has grown considerably since the 1800s.
context_section_description: The village lies between the A167 Northallerton to Darlington road and the A684 Northallerton to Stokesley road. The village used to have a station on the railway line between Northallerton and Middlesbrough that passes around the northern boundary of the village. Willow Beck flows through the village as part of the tributary system of the River Wiske.
caption: Brompton windmill before restoration work began in 2004
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