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Tongham,
is derived from both an old english word 'Twang' which means 'tong'
(see below) and the Saxon word 'ham' meaning village or area of land.
I
particularly like the fact that if put tongham in to a spell checker
it splits the word up in to Tong and ham.
The
'Tong' in Tongham: It is not known whether this tong now tongue
which refers to a fork (as in fork tongue) is meant to make reference
to two roads one towards Aldershot and the other Ash or a fork
between the Blackwater River and an small tributary (now underground)
which originated from Poyle Park or Tongham Moor and the Saxon word
'ham' meaning village or area of land.
Between
1189 and the 1600s various spellings have been recorded as follows;
Twangham
1189
Tuangeham
1205
Tengham
1216
Thwongham
1225
Twengham
1235
Tuangham
1244
Tangham
1251
Tonkham
1385
Tongham
Streete 1600
Other
versions are Twangeham and Twongham
Tongham
used to lie between two streems running from Guildford to Dudda's
Brook Any information on Dudda's Brook please to andy@tongham.com) |
