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West Brompton history


The name refers to the older locality of Brompton to the east, linked to its western namesake through the areas of Earl’s Court and South Kensington by the Old Brompton Road. The most famous landmark in the area is the Grade I listed Brompton Cemetery, laid out between 1837 and 1839.

The advent of a canal and a road

The most notable landowners in ‘West Brompton’ at the start of the 19th century were James Gunter, Sir John Scott Lillie and the Edwardes. The first non-agrarian activity in the area was to the West of Counter’s Creek, which between 1828 and 1859 became the short-lived, six-mile long Kensington Canal. The earliest Brompton residential development was along the south side of Richmond Road.

The local railway boom

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, a civil engineer from Yorkshire took over as consulting engineer of the Metropolitan and District Railway following the early death of Brunel. He was active in the area laying down tracks and building bridges and leading to the establishment in 1872 of the Lillie Bridge Depot and Railway Engineering works.

The sports craze

West Brompton F.C. played in the defunct West London Cup. Middlesex County Cricket Club had its home on the Lillie Grounds, before moving to Lord’s in St John’s Wood.

The entertainment boom

John Robinson Whitley opened his Earl’s Court exhibition and fair grounds here in 1887. The American Wild West Show coincided with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and featured William Cody, aka Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley. The show was not without tragedy, as three performers died during their tours. Two Oglala Sioux Native Americans, ‘Surrounded By the Enemy’ and ‘Red Penny’, were buried in Brompton Cemetery.

The suffragettes

In 1913 Mrs Pankhurst called one of her rallies in the local Empress Hall. The Empress Hall was knocked down in the late 1950s and replaced by the brutalist 30-storey Empress State Building.

  

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