The Dorset walk – Tolpuddle and Weatherby Castle
Catherine Speakman visits a little-known hillfort and obelisk. The Dorset walkAnthony Blake took the photos.
Published in June ’21
The Martyrs Tree on the green at Tolpuddle
TOLPUDDLE is a pretty little village, well-kept and clearly proud of its history. It was home to the Tolpuddle Martyrs – six men who were tried and sentenced to deportation to Australia for forming a friendly society, a trade union, against the gradual lowering of agricultural wages. George Loveless arranged a meeting, the first of many, to unite the…
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