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Tonge is an area of Middleton in Greater Manchester. Formerly a township in its own right, its area was incorporated into Middleton in the late 19th century. The historic Tonge Hall was the manor house for the township. Mills Hill railway station is located in this district. Middleton Technology School lies within this district. ==History== This township occupied, as its name implies, a tongue of land between the River Irk on the north and its affluent, the Wince Brook, on the south. The area is 392 acres. The surface is mostly above the 300 ft.level—360 ft. is reached at Mills Hill. The township has long been a suburb of Middleton, to which borough it was added for local government purposes in 1861. In 1894 Tonge lost its status as a township or civil parish, and became completely merged wih Middleton. Tonge Church (St Michael's) was founded in 1839. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company's line from Manchester to Rochdale passes through the eastern side. A branch to Middleton opened in 1857, the line closing in the mid 1960's. From this the part of Tonge called Middleton Junction takes its name, though the junction itself is in Chadderton. The former Middleton Railway Station was in Tonge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tonge, Middleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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