Tonge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alvechurch
Historical Forms
- Tonge 1086 DB c.1086 EveA&B 1190 LP 1521,1531
- la Tange 14th Nash 18th
Etymology
This is doubtless OE tang , 'tongs,' used in a transferred sense of some place at a junction of streams, as explained by Ekwall (PN La 18). It is unlucky that we have no knowledge of the site of the place in question.