Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tong

Tong.-- par. and vil., Kent, 1½ mile E. of Sittingbourne and 5 miles NW. of Faversham, 1632 ac. and 364 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 314; Tong Castle, a Saxon stronghold, traditionally connected with the names of Hengist, and of Vortigern and Rowena, is now represented by a high moated mound.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tonge CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place: Tonge

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