TONGHAM is a hamlet of Seale, 1 mile north-west, on the borders of Hampshire, with a station on the Alton and Farnham branch of the South Western railway, 37 miles from London and 3 east from Farnham, and in 1866 was formed into an ecclesiastical parish from the civil parishes of Farnham and Seale: it is in the South Western division of the county, Farnham petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Farnham, archdeaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester. St. Paul's church, erected in 1865, at the sole expense of the late John Back esq. of Aldershot Place, is an edifice in the Early English style and consists of apsidal chancel, nave, north porch and a small western turret with spire containing one bell: there are several stained windows erected in memory of Lady Sarah Maitland, J. Back esq. and Captain Mangles: the stone font was carved by Colonel John Luard when in his 83rd year: there are 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1866. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the Archdeacon of Surrey, and held since 1869 by the Rev. Charles Garbett M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Badshot Lea. Poyle Park, the seat of Henry Morris Chester esq. M.A., LL.D, stands in about 100 acres of park and grass land, and is about four miles from Farnham, on the road to Guildford: the house is an ancient mansion dating from the 16th century. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are H. M. Chester esq. and A. H. Stevens esq. The soil is principally clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are hops, wheat and barley. The population in 1881 was 950.

Schools: —

National, Tongham (mixed), built in 1858, for 100 children; average attendance 67.

Badshot Lea, for 70 children; average attendance, 50.