English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Tang

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Tonge 1613 Grainge
  • Tangg 1685 PRHmp
  • ye Tang 1741 ib

Etymology

Tang, Tonge 1613 Grainge 83, Tangg 1685 PRHmp, ye Tang 1741 ib.v. tang (ON  tangi) 'spit of land'; it stands in a small loop of Tang Beck.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site