Crompton has a rich history dating back to the

Iron Age

Initially a rural area focused on farming and woollen weaving, Crompton underwent rapid urbanization due to the Industrial Revolution and the influx of textile manufacturing. 

By the late 19th century, it became a densely populated mill town with numerous cotton mills

The Crompton family has a well documented history. Crompton first appears as a family name when the De La Legh family (settlers from the Norman Conquest) changed their name to indicate the Anglo-Saxon township they had obtained and settled in during the 13th century.

The family were prosperous landowners of the area, from their initial medieval acquisition, through to the early 20th century.

The Crompton family owned a large house by the name of Crompton Hall which first appears in historical records as early as 1442 and owned by Thomas de Crompton and his family.

Sir Winston Churchill once stayed at Crompton Hall and he had written letters describing how peaceful and tranquil the area was.

Some of the original forested grounds of Crompton Hall can still be found in the Buckstones area of Crompton today, and is a small but popular public woods. The woodland (of which many of the horse chestnut, oak, and maple trees are currently protected by a tree preservation order) are home to a number of animal species, including owls, foxes, bats, wood pigeons, hedgehogs and grey squirrels.

The names "Shaw" and "Crompton" eventually merged to form the present-day Shaw and Crompton, with boundary markers using both names since at least the 1950s.