Crompton
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Crompton may refer to a number of things:
- Shaw and Crompton, a town in Greater Manchester, England.
- Crompton Urban District, an obsolete local government district which covered Shaw and Crompton until 1974.
- Crompton Hall, a historic house that existed in Shaw and Crompton.
- Crompton House, a secondary school in Shaw and Crompton.
- High Crompton, a locality in Shaw and Crompton.
- Crompton Moor, an area of moorland in the Pennine hills.
- Crompton (surname), an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.
- Samuel Crompton, an English inventor born near Bolton, England.
- Richmal Crompton, an English writer.
- Crompton Corporation, a chemical manufacturer now part of Chemtura
In railways:
- British Rail Class 33 diesel locomotives are commonly nicknamed "Cromptons" from their Crompton Parkinson traction motors.
- Crompton Parkinson, British manufacturer of electrical motors and control gear
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