Tonge is an outlying area of
Bolton, in
Greater Manchester
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, England. The name is supposed to be derived from the Old English "tang" or "twang" meaning a fork in a river. Tonge comprises two areas, namely Tonge Fold and Tonge Moor. Tonge Fold sits upon the
River Tonge
The River Tonge is a short river, splitting Bolton from contiguous Tonge, both in Greater Manchester, England.
The Tonge is formed at the ''Meeting of the Waters'', where Astley Brook, from Smithills in the west, meets the Eagley Brook drawing ...
, a region of whose banks are a geological
site of special scientific interest
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(SSSI).
Historically
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a part of
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, it was once part of the
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Tonge with Haulgh
Tonge with Haulgh was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England.
History
Toponymy
The first part of the township, Tonge, as its name implies, is located on the tongue o ...
.
By the end of the 19th century Tonge was home to a coal mine.
Education
There are three
primary school
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s in Tonge;-
* Moorgate Country Primary School,
* Tonge Moor Academy Primary School
* Castle Hill Primary School.
* St Columba's RC Primary School
Tonge does not have any
secondary school
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s within its borders, though schools like
Canon Slade School
)
, established = ''ante'' 1855
, closed =
, type = Academy
, trust = The Bishop Fraser Trust
, religious_affiliation = Church of England
, president =
, head_label = Headteacher
, head = Mrs K ...
,
Turton School and
Sharples School are popular choices around the area.
Landmarks
A noteworthy building in Tonge is
Hall i' th' Wood, an early 16th-century manor house, and once the home of
Samuel Crompton in the 18th century. The building was bought by
William Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1899, and after it was restored, he gave it to
Bolton Corporation in 1900.
[
The public cemetery, laid out by William Henderson, was opened in 1856, with extant buildings by Charles Holt and John Smalman Smith, of land having been purchased from Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie.]
References
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Areas of Bolton