Crompton may refer to

Place names

Crompton (West Warwick) Crompton is a community in West Warwick, Rhode Island, West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. It is named after Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule. The Crompton Mill was set up in 1807, on the east bank of the Pawtuxet River, and i ...

, a community in West Warwick, Rhode Island, US *Crompton, Greater Manchester, in

Shaw and Crompton Shaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which contains the town of Shaw and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south ...

, Greater Manchester, England formerly in Lancashire *

Crompton Urban District Crompton Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. The area was coterminate with Shaw and Crompton. It covered a significant area to the north of the County Borough o ...

, an obsolete local government district that covered Shaw and Crompton until 1974

Institutions and companies

Crompton Corporation Crompton Corporation (, formerly Crompton and Knowles) was a chemical research, production, sales and distribution company headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut. The company produced specialty chemicals used for polymers, fire suppressants and ...

, a chemical manufacturer headquartered in Connecticut *

Crompton House Church of England School ("Dare to know") , established = 19 September 1926 , type = Academy , religious_affiliation = Church of England , head_label = Headteacher , head = Karl Newell , r_head_label = , r_head = , chair_label = Chairman of Governors , chair = ...

, a secondary school in Shaw and Crompton *

Crompton Parkinson Crompton Parkinson was a British electrical manufacturing company. It was formed in 1927 by the merger of Crompton & Co. with F & A. Parkinson Ltd. The brand is now part of Brook Crompton. History Crompton & Co. was a lamp manufacturer foun ...

, British manufacturer of electrical motors, control gear and lamp bulbs *

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited (also known as Crompton) is an Indian electrical equipment company based in Mumbai, India. The company has lighting and electrical consumer durables including LED lighting, fans, pumps, and hous ...

, Indian manufacturer * Crompton Greaves Power and Industrial Solutions, Indian corporation

Technical and engineering terms

British Rail Class 33 The British Rail Class 33, also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton, is a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives, ordered in 1957 and built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 1960 and 1962. They were produced as a more po ...

or Crompton, a class of diesel-electric locomotive

People

Crompton (surname) Crompton is an English surname. History The name was first found in Crompton, England, where the family held a seat from the middle ages. The Crompton family have a well documented history. Crompton first appears as a family name when the De La ...

, an English surname

Place names

Institutions and companies

Technical and engineering terms

People

See also