Tonge

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Tonge is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Tunge

Parish/Community: Breedon on the Hill
District/Borough: North West Leicestershire
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'18"N 1°22'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 441873, 323256
OS Grid: SK418232
Mapcode Local: GBR 7HV.5TX
Mapcode Global: WHDHF.RRWB

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Tonge within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Tonge in the Domesday Book

A village in Goscote hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 21 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 27 villagers; 8 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 13 men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Tonge, Leicestershire

Tonge is a village in Leicestershire

Tonge in the Domesday Book