Crompton

Crompton may refer to

Place names

• Crompton (West Warwick), a small community in West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
• Shaw and Crompton, a town in Greater Manchester, England
• Crompton Urban District, an obsolete local government district that covered Shaw and Crompton until 1974
• Crompton Hall, a historic house that existed in Shaw and Crompton
• High Crompton, a locality in Shaw and Crompton
• Crompton Moor, an area of moorland in the Pennine hills

Institutions and companies

• Crompton Corporation, a chemical manufacturer
• Crompton House, a secondary school in Shaw and Crompton
• Crompton Parkinson, British manufacturer of electrical motors and control gear

Technical and engineering terms

• British Rail Class 33 or Crompton, a class of diesel locomotive

People

• Crompton (surname), an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin
• Jonathan ("John" or "Jon") Crompton, an American football quarterback in the National Football League.
• John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, (June 1893 — April 3 1972). British author writing novels under the name John Lambourne and popular science under the name John Crompton. Brother of Richmal Crompton
• Richmal Crompton Lamburn, (June 1893 — April 3 1972). British author writing novels under the name Richmal Crompton Also author of the William stories. Sister of John Battersby Crompton Lamburn.

See also

• Compton (disambiguation)

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