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

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Fang (sic) 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Fang (sic)1843 O.S. , probably from OE  þwang ' thong, strip of land ' ( as in Netherthong 286supra ) , with dial . f - for th - .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement