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.

Tongue

Other OS name in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Tong 1487 Ipm
  • Tounge 1580 PR(Dacre)

Etymology

is Tong 1487 Ipm, Tounge 1580PR (Dacre) . v. tunge .