Tonge with Haulgh

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Tonge with Haulgh
Area
 • 18911,099 acres (4.45 km2) [1]
Population
 • 18011,158
 • 189110,735
• 2011
13,156
• 2021
16,300
History
 • Created Middle Ages
 • Abolished1898
Status Township (until 1866),
Civil parish (1866–98)

Tonge with Haulgh was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England.

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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, [2] which was derived from the Old English tang or twang meaning a fork in a river. [3] The second part of the township, Haulgh, is derived from the Old English halh meaning a plot of flat alluvial land by a river. [4]

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. [5]

Under provisions of the Poor Relief Act 1662, townships replaced civil parishes as the main units of local administration in Lancashire. [6] 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. [7] The following year, the Haulgh area of the township was incorporated into the municipal borough of Bolton. [8] The remainder not merged with the municipal borough continued with the name "Tonge with Haulgh". [8] In 1866, it changed its status from a township to a civil parish. From 1872, it was part of the Bolton Rural Sanitary district. In 1894, it finally dropped the name "Haulgh" and simply became the civil parish of Tonge. In the same year, Tonge became part of the Bolton Rural District. However, the rural district was abolished in 1898, and Tonge became an electoral ward of the County Borough of Bolton. [8]

Demography

Population changes in Tonge with Haulgh 1801–1891
YearPopulation±%
1801 1,158—    
1811 1,402+21.1%
1821 1,678+19.7%
1831 2,201+31.2%
YearPopulation±%
1841 2,627+19.4%
1851 2,826+7.6%
1861 3,539+25.2%
1871 4,050+14.4%
YearPopulation±%
1881 6,731+66.2%
1891 10,735+59.5%
Sources: Local population statistics. [9] Vision of Britain. [10]

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. [11] 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. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project (2004). "Tonge With Haulgh CP/Tn through time. Population Statistics. Area (acres)". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  2. ↑ Billington 1982, pp. 79–81.
  3. ↑ Mills 1976.
  4. ↑ Billington 1982, pp. 40–41.
  5. ↑ Lewis 1848, pp. 295–302.
  6. ↑ "Local Authority Records: Townships And Civil Parishes". Bolton Museum and Archive Service. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "Bolton, Lancashire". The Workhouse: The story of an institution... Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  9. ↑ Tatton, Pauline. Local population statistics 1801–1986: abbreviated tables compiled from census statistics for Bolton. Bolton Libraries.
  10. ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS Project (2004). "Tonge With Haulgh CP/Tn through time. Population Statistics. Total Population". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  11. ↑ "Tonge with the Haulgh Area Forum". Bolton Council. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  12. ↑ "Build a custom area profile - Census 2021, ONS". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

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