TONGE

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TONGE, Ralph : Halliwell Poor Rate Assessment, 1798 - 1811. Extracts from transcription by W. D. Billington (Bolton Archives Ref: PAS5/16)

 

Name  Estate  Value  Tax  Date
Ralph Tongue Chaddocks £16 £3 4s 13-7-1798
Thos. Holm Sheepcote Byrams £6 10s. £1 6s. 1-6-1800
Ralph Tonge Byrams £16 £8 40s. 1-6-1800
Jere Pendlebury Byrams £10 10s. £2 2s. 1-6-1800
Ralph Tongue Byrams £16 16s 6-5-1801
Ralph Tonge Farm* Barrows £16 £2 26-6-1802
Willm. Tonge  ???shaws     6-5-1804

* There is a mistake and insertion on this line of the transcription, so this information may be inaccurate.

Ralph  Tonge is recorded in the Halliwell land tax assessments from 1782 to 1803, paying 8s 8½d.  He is also recorded as the proprietor in 1782.  From 1788 the proprietor is Miss Byrom, through to 1802 when Cundliffe's is recorded, Cockerills in 1803 and Mr. Ainsworth between 1804 and 1809.  From 1804 to 1809 the farm is in the occupation of Henry Rushton.

Also see LOWER TONG'S & HIGHER TONG'S FARMS.

 

Halliwell & Heaton Map 1847

Ordinance Survey Map 1847

Halliwell & Heaton

Showing Chadwicks, Lower Tongs, Higher Tongs and Harwoods

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