Thong, Kent

Thong
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	Thong village boundary signs
	Thong Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ673707
District	Gravesham;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gravesend
Postcode district	DA12
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Gravesham;
	List of places UK England Kent 51°24′36″N 0°24′15″E / 51.41°N 0.4041°E

Thong is a hamlet southeast of Gravesend in Kent, England. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Shorne.

It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names^[1] and appeared as a question answer for Round Britain Quiz on BBC Radio 4.^[2]

The name 'Thong' is first attested in the Registrum Roffense of circa 1200, where it appears as Thuange. The name may correspond with the Middle Low German dwenge meaning 'trap', but this cannot be confirmed.^[3]

References

^ Lyall, Sarah (22 January 2009). "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^ "Programme 8, 2015: North of England take on The Midlands". Round Britain Quiz. 7 December 2015. Radio 4.
^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.466.

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[1] Lyall, Sarah (22 January 2009). "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

[2] "Programme 8, 2015: North of England take on The Midlands". Round Britain Quiz. 7 December 2015. Radio 4.

[3] Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.466.

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