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TONGHAM, a chapelry in Seal parish, Surrey; on the Guildford and Alton railway, 1½ mile SE of Aldershot. It was constituted in 1865; and it has a r. station with telegraph, and a post-office‡ under Farnham. Pop. in 1868, about 800. The manor belongs to Lieut.-Gen. Sir John L. Pennefather. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £100. Patron, the Archdeacon of Surrey.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Seale and Tongham Parish Surrey Ancient County |
| Place: | Tongham |
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