Tonge with Haulgh
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| Name = Tonge with Haulgh
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Civil parish (1866–98)
| Start = Middle Ages
| End = 1898
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| PopulationFirst = 1,158
| PopulationFirstYear = 1801
| stat_pop2 = 13,156
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Tonge with Haulgh was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England, and later a separate civil parish. In 1891 the parish had a population of 10,735.
History
= Toponymy =
The first part of the township, Tonge, as its name implies, is located on the tongue of land between the River Tonge and Bradshaw Brook,{{sfn|Billington|1982|pp=79–81}} which was derived from the Old English tang or twang meaning a fork in a river.{{sfn|Mills|1976|pp=}} The second part of the township, Haulgh, is derived from the Old English halh meaning a plot of flat alluvial land by a river.{{sfn|Billington|1982|pp=40–41}}
= Governance =
Historically, Tonge with Haulgh formed part of the Hundred of Salford, a judicial division of southwest Lancashire. It was one of the townships that made up the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors.{{sfn|Lewis|1848|pp=295–302}}
Under provisions of the Poor Relief Act 1662, townships replaced civil parishes as the main units of local administration in Lancashire.{{cite web|url=http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/bolton-archives/archives-indexes/local-authority-records/index_html#townships-and-civil-parishes |title=Local Authority Records: Townships And Civil Parishes |publisher=Bolton Museum and Archive Service |accessdate=3 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529011228/http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/bolton-archives/archives-indexes/local-authority-records/index_html |archivedate=29 May 2008 }} Tonge with Haulgh became one of the eighteen autonomous townships of the civil parish of Bolton le Moors.
In 1837, Tonge with Haulgh became one of the townships of the Bolton Poor Law Union, which took over the responsibility for the administration and funding of the Poor Law in that area.{{cite web |url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Bolton/ |title=Bolton, Lancashire |publisher=The Workhouse: The story of an institution... |accessdate=9 August 2010}} The following year, the Haulgh area of the township was incorporated into the municipal borough of Bolton.{{cite web |url=http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzt2w.htm |title=Greater Manchester Gazetteer |publisher=Greater Manchester County Record Office |accessdate=13 August 2010|archivedate=18 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144311/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzt2w.htm}} The remainder not merged with the municipal borough continued with the name "Tonge with Haulgh". In 1866, it changed its status from a township to a civil parish.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10381174|title=Relationships and changes Tonge With Haulgh CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=24 November 2024}} From 1872, it was part of the Bolton Rural Sanitary district. In 1894 the parish of Tonge was formed from part of Halliwell, in the same year, Tonge became part of the Bolton Rural District. On 30 September 1895 the parish of Tonge with Haulgh was abolished and merged with Bolton.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/bolton.html|title=Bolton Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=24 November 2024}} However, the rural district was abolished in 1898, and Tonge became an electoral ward of the County Borough of Bolton.
Demography
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| 1801 | 1,158
| 1811 | 1,402
| 1821 | 1,678
| 1831 | 2,201
| 1841 | 2,627
| 1851 | 2,826
| 1861 | 3,539
| 1871 | 4,050
| 1881 | 6,731
| 1891 | 10,735
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| footnote = Sources: Local population statistics.{{cite book |last=Tatton |first=Pauline |title=Local population statistics 1801–1986: abbreviated tables compiled from census statistics for Bolton |publisher=Bolton Libraries}} Vision of Britain.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10381174&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Tonge With Haulgh CP/Tn through time. Population Statistics. Total Population |publisher=University of Portsmouth |accessdate=13 August 2010|author=Great Britain Historical GIS Project|year=2004|work=A vision of Britain through time}}
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Landmarks
The most notable building in the former township 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 the Corporation of Bolton in 1900.
Electoral ward
The two areas were reunited in 2004 as Tonge with The Haulgh, one of the twenty electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.{{cite web |url=https://www.bolton.gov.uk/directory-record/288/tonge-with-the-haulgh-area-forum |title=Tonge with the Haulgh Area Forum |publisher=Bolton Council |accessdate=13 August 2010}} It elects three councillors to Bolton Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one councillor every year without election on the fourth. The ward population at the 2021 census was 16,300.{{Cite web |title=Build a custom area profile - Census 2021, ONS |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/draw/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.ons.gov.uk |language=en}}
References
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Bibliography
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book |last=Billington |first=W.D. |year=1982 |title=From Affetside to Yarrow |location=Egerton |publisher=Ross Anderson Publications |isbn=0-86360-003-4}}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=Samuel |year=1848 |title=Bolton-Le-Moors (St. Peter) |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp295-302#h3-0020 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online}}
- {{cite book |last=Mills |first=David |year=1976 |title=The Place Names of Lancashire |location=London |publisher=Batsford |isbn=0-7134-3248-9}}
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External links
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/TongewithHaulgh/ParishMap.shtml Tonge with Haulgh Township Boundaries] (GENUKI)
- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?u_id=10381174&c_id=10001043 Boundary Map of Tonge With Haulgh CP/Tn] (Vision of Britain)
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Category:Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester
Category:Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton