History
Archaeological evidence suggests the area of Tongham has been occupied since Neolithic times. Notable finds in the village include two Neolithic arrowheads and Iron Age farmsteads. Tongham railway station was important for transporting materials to build the new military camp of Aldershot from 1856 until 1870. St. Paul's Church was designed by Ewan Christian and completed in 1865. In 1866, Tongham (which had previously been part of the parish of Seale) was made into a separate parish.
A notable Anglican clergyman Cyril Garbett was born in Tongham in 1875. The military author and Honorary Remembrancer for the Borough of Aldershot (1963 to 1974), and Curator of the Aldershot Museum, Howard N. Cole, lived in the village.
Tongham was mentioned in passing in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World.
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