Tolkovo was mentioned in 1636 as a manor house within the Braszewicze estate. It belonged to the Wilno Catholic Chapter since 1559, when the estate was donated to the chapter by Bishop Walerian Protasiewicz. In 1636, the manor house consisted of 49 houses. This document also describes a complaint against Tolkowo peasants in 1639. The Lithuanian archives also contain a document regarding the sale of the Tolkowo estate in 1636. I also published this document in the adjacent article

The settlement was mentioned in 1664 under the name “Jeloczje” in the Pinsk District, Brest Voivodeship. In 1665, it was known as “Zajeloczje” in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From 1795, it was part of the Russian Empire, in the Kobryn District of the Slonim Province, from 1797, in the Lithuanian Province, and from 1801, in the Grodno Province. The village appears on Schubert’s map of 1832: Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863:

The village on Schubert’s 1832 map: Also on the military topographic map of the Russian Empire for 1846-1863: In 1858, the village was in the Wolowiel volost, a gmina center in the Kobryn district, Grodno province, part of the Ludwinovo estate, which belonged to Kalikst Orzeszko. It had 54 inspectors (state-owned peasants). In 1890, together with the village of Galik, it comprised 13 dessiatinas of land. In 1905, the population was 127.