Tongham
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Tongham is a small Surrey village located close to the north-east Hampshire and Surrey border. The village lies in a triangle between the A31 and the A331. Neighbouring villages include Ash and Badshot Lea.
As Tongham is in Surrey, its postal town is Farnham, although it is closer geographically to Aldershot in Hampshire. It is home to the Hogs Back Brewery as the village lies just south of the Hog's Back.
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Archaeological evidence suggests man has occupied the area of Tongham since Neolithic times. Notable finds in the village include two Neolithic arrowheads and Iron Age farmsteads.[2] Tongham railway station was important for transporting materials to build the new military camp of Aldershot from 1856 until 1870.[3] St. Paul's Church was designed by Ewan Christian and completed in 1865.
A notable Anglican clergyman Cyril Garbett was born in Tongham in 1875.
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