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Brompton is a village near the town of Chatham in Medway, Kent, England. Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub. Today, Brompton is a suburban village and is located between Chatham Dockyard and the town of Gillingham .
Moore was born to John Moore and Mary (née Mearns) in Brompton, Kent, on the 9 February 1816. Not much is known about his family prior to his birth; however, both his father and paternal grandfather, Robert Moore, were shipwrights in the Chatham Dockyards. These men were likely successful and forged important connections, which would later ...
The Great Lines Heritage Park is a complex network of open spaces in the Medway Towns, connecting Chatham, Gillingham, Brompton and the Historic Dockyard.The long military history of the towns has dominated the history of the site and the park.
Percy Sykes was born in Brompton, Kent, England the only son of Army chaplain Rev. William Sykes (b. 1829) [1] and his wife Mary, daughter of Captain Anthony Oliver Molesworth, of the Royal Artillery, descended from Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth.
The farmsteads of Lee Green and Lillechurch, its history stretching back a thousand years. [13] After World War I (1914-1918) the area now covered by the newer housing was divided into woodland plots and called the Rochester Park Estate. The Rochester Park and Garden Suburb was a ‘plotland’ settlement, part of a wider movement at the time ...
The Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham was a military installation occupied by the Royal Marines and located at the Gun Wharf at Chatham in Kent. The barracks were situated immediately to the south of the Dockyard, just above the Ordnance Wharf. The barracks were closed in 1950 and demolished in 1960.
Livesay was born at Old Brompton, then part of Gillingham in Kent. His father Robert Livesay was a Colonel in the Royal Engineers based in the town. Livesay was educated at Wellington College, where he played in the rugby XV and the cricket XI, leaving school in 1894 before attending the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He continued to play ...
Gale and Polden's Aldershot works decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Gale and Polden was a British printer and publisher. Founded in Brompton, near Chatham, Kent in 1868, the business subsequently moved to Aldershot, where they were based until closure in November 1981 after the company had been bought by media mogul Robert Maxwell.