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The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Museum. The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum in Tolpuddle, Dorset, features displays and interactive exhibits about the martyrs and their effect on trade unionism. [19] The Shire Hall in Dorchester, where the Tolpuddle Martyrs were tried, is now a museum, including material about them. [20]
The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally is an annual festival held in the village of Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, which celebrates the memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. The event is a celebration of trade unionism and labour politics organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) South West office, with the support of unions. The festival is ...
Tolpuddle (/ ˈ t ɒ l p ʌ d əl /) is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles (19 km) west of Poole. The estimated population of the parish in 2013 was 420.
On 21 April 1834, more than 50,000 people marched in London to protest the treatment of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. In March 1836 the British government gave a full pardon to all six of the Martyrs. On hearing the news, Loveless refused immediate free passage back to Britain as he had some months previously written to his wife requesting that she ...
R v Lovelass and Others (1834) 172 ER 1380 is a formative case in the history of UK labour law. [1] It saw the Tolpuddle Martyrs, farm workers who wished to form a union to prevent wage cuts, convicted and deported to Australia. It triggered protests, which led to the workers' eventual release and return to Britain.
After returning to England, the martyrs moved to farms in Essex - the Loveless family at Greensted and the Standfield family at High Laver. They were not made welcome and eventually emigrated to Canada. [1] The Standfields moved to London, Ontario in 1846. [1] Thomas died in 1864 and was buried in Siloam Cemetery. [5]
The martyrs usually met in the cottage of Thomas Standfield in Tolpuddle on the Dorchester Road. This cottage and the adjoining, semi-detached cottage were listed for preservation as Grade I in 1956 as the Martyrs' Cottages ( 50°44′56″N 2°17′32″W / 50.748968°N 2.292084°W / 50.748968; -2.292084
It was determined to be 320 years old in 2005, making it 150 years old when the Tolpuddle Martyrs used it as a meeting place. [1] It is the largest sycamore in Dorset, with a girth of 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in). The sycamore is managed by the National Trust, which regularly pollards the tree to reduce weight on its branches and encourage crown growth.