Brompton, a hamlet, in the parishes of Chatham and Gillingham, union of Medway, hundred of Chatham and Gillingham, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent; containing 3727 inhabitants. This place, chiefly inhabited by persons connected with the dockyard of Chatham, lies at the extremity of the parish, on the brow of a hill overlooking the dockyard, and within the fortifications called the Lines, which were constructed for the defence of the arsenal. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics, and a national school.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
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