Brompton-on-Swale is located around three miles east of Richmond. The Farmers Arms is the village's main pub, and also offers accommodation. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Brunton in lands owned by Count Alan of Brittany. The Count had granted the manor to the constable of Richmond Castle, Enisant Musard after 1086, with the previous lord at the time of the Norman conquest being a local man named Thor.