Place:Tolpuddle, Dorset, England

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NameTolpuddle
Alt namesTolpuddlesource: from redirect
Pidelesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 96
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.749°N 2.296°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoPuddletown Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Dorchester Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
West Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Tolpuddle (#22 on map) is a civil parish and a village in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles (19 km) west of Poole. The population estimated by the county in 2013 was 420.

The village is famous as the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were sentenced to penal transportation to Australia after they formed a friendly society in 1833. A row of cottages, housing agricultural workers, and a museum, and a row of seated statues commemorate the martyrs. An ancient sycamore tree on the village green, known as the Martyrs' Tree, is said to be the place where the Martyrs swore their oath. It is cared for by the National Trust.

Tolpuddle parish church is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist and dates from the 13th century.

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Governance

Tolpuddle was originally a parish in the Puddletown Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Dorset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Dorchester Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Dorchester Rural District joined the non-metropolitan West Dorset District.

Under another set of local government reforms adopted on 1 April 2019, West Dorset District was abolished, and the county of Dorset (excluding Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) became a single unitary authority. The area is now administered by Dorset Council.

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