Tonge with Haulgh
former township in England
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, which was derived from the Old English tang or twang meaning a fork in a river. The second part of the township, Haulgh, is derived from the Old English halh meaning a plot of flat alluvial land by a river.
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.
Under provisions of the Poor Relief Act 1662, townships replaced civil parishes as the main units of local administration in Lancashire. 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. The following year, the Haulgh area of the township was incorporated into the municipal borough of Bolton.
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