He had inherited the land from his grandfather, Walter de la Puille who held it rendering an annual small fee to the Bishop.

[3] The manor of Poyle Park which decayed from a wealthy gentleman's architecturally impressive farmhouse into no more than a farm, was in the north of Seale but now forms most of the east of Tongham.

In 1792 owner William Woodroffe (born Billinghurst) who was High Sheriff of Surrey for 1792 had his estate in bankruptcy (chancery) due to the expense of that office which he could not afford.

From the population abstracts from 1811 until its evolution into a parish the settlement was a rural one large enough in size to be official classed as a statistically recordable hamlet.

[3] Tongham's now dismantled railway was important for transporting materials to build the new military camp of Aldershot from 1856 until 1870 and the row of shops developed from this line.

Tongham is home to the largest independent brewer in Surrey, the Hogs Back Brewery (established 1992), which produces 3,800 barrels per year (2012 figures) from its large 18th-century premises.

[7] The Hogs Back Brewery complex is also home to other small businesses, including Terra Tempo Brewing a gym and the Surrey Hills butchers.

The 1865 Anglican church of St Paul, designed by Ewan Christian, is Grade II listed and was chiefly funded by John Back who owned Aldershot Park, a large public park with many leisure facilities accessible via a track from the village, crossing the double divide of a river valley (with the Blackwater Valley Path) and dual carriageway.

[9] Cyril Garbett, the son of its first vicar, and later Archbishop of York, was born in Tongham in 1875, a leader in the liturgy and charitable works of a large part of the Church of England.