Tongham
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 The church in the village is 19th century and the only church in Surrey to have a separate belfry |
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 Tongham
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| Tongham shown within Surrey | |
| Area | 3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,314 (Civil Parish) |
| • Density | 701/km2 (1,820/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU8849 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Farnham |
| Postcode district | GU10 |
| Dialling code | 01252 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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Tongham is a Surrey village across a narrow double divide from the easterly park and business estate of the town of Aldershot, north-east Hampshire. The village's buildings occupy most of the west of the civil parish, adjoining the A31 and the A331. The boundaries take in Poyle Park in the east and the replacement to Runfold's manor house in the west.
Aldershot is centred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west. As Tongham commences immediately on the north half of the Hog's Back, the thinnest part of the North Downs, the largest independent brewery in Surrey (the Hogs Back Brewery) takes its name from this eminence as does the Hog's Back Hotel. Tongham was the home of 'Aldershot Stadium' (1950–1992) which hosted primarily greyhound racing, and speedway.
Archaeological evidence suggests the area of Tongham has been occupied since Neolithic times, particularly close to the Pilgrims' Way which formerly covered in part the top of the Hogs Back, a ridge 60-50m above the surrounding area, but which is now the North Downs Way on the south side. Notable finds in the parish include two Neolithic arrowheads and Iron Age farmsteads.
The farmstead and what few peasants' buildings there were, in the feudal system gain early mentions as Twangham from the 13th century to the 16th century in the rent rolls of the successive Bishops of Winchester: Henry de la Poyle held court at Tongham manor in 1360. He had inherited the land from his grandfather, Walter de la Puille who held it rendering an annual small fee to the Bishop.
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