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	The Tolpuddle Martyrs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One of their supporters Lord John Russell in his argument to the Prime minister, Lord Melbourne to pardon the Tolpuddle Martyrs stated "that if being members of a secret society and administering secret oaths was a crime, the reactionary Duke of Cumberland as head of the Orange Lodges was equally deserving of transportation".
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs contributed a proud chapter in the history of Trade Unionism and in 1934 on the centenary of their trial, the The Trades Union Congress (TUC) erected six memorial cottages in the village and founded the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum.
		All that remains of the giant sycamore tree under which the martyrs used to meet is a stump, the rest of the tree having been removed for safety reasons.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /history/Tolpuddle_Martyrs/tolpuddle_martyrs.htm (711 words)

	Tolpuddle Martyrs - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Tolpuddle Martyrs name given to six English agricultural laborers who in 1834 were prosecuted for trade union activities and sentenced to transportation.
		With the approval of the Whig government, which feared a renewal of the agricultural agitation of 1831, they were arrested on the trumped-up charge of administering illegal oaths and were sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia.
		The roots of solidarity; The seeds of trade unionism were planted when six local labourers held secret meetings under its sheltering boughs in 1834.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-tolpuddl.html (298 words)

	Tolpuddle Martyrs
		Tolpuddle (also called Tolpuddell and Tolpiddle) is a village and parish on the River Trent or Piddle, it is 7 miles north east from Dorchester.
		These days it is famous for being the birthplace of the Tolpuddle Martyrs when six farm workers who had a wage of nine shillings a week tried to establish a trade union.
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs contributed a proud chapter in the history of Trade Unionism and in 1934 the T.U.C. erected six memorial cottages in the village.
	www.ourwardfamily.com /tolpuddle_martyrs.htm (706 words)

	The Tolpuddle Martyrs
		Tolpuddle is a village near Dorchester in Dorset where in 1833 - 4 a great wave of Trade Union activity took place and a lodge of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers was established.
		The annual working class festival to commemorate the memory of the struggle of the Tolpuddle Martyrs is held on the third weekend of every July in the Dorset village of Tolpuddle.
		It retains the courtroom where the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to transportation to Australia for their part in the early trade union movement in 1834.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/England-History/TolpuddleMartyrs.htm (652 words)

	National Trust \| News \| Tolpuddle Martyrs' tree dated for the first time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The age of the sycamore tree at Tolpuddle was calculated using a method developed by John White of the Forestry Commission in the 1990s to enable people to estimate the age of large trees in Britain.
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs' met in an attempt to form one of the world's first trade unions, against a background of falling wages and harsh employment laws.
		The Tolpuddle tree and the village green is one of the smallest National Trust properties, though the tree is the largest sycamore in Dorset.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /webpack/bin/webpack.exe/livebase?object=LiveBase1&itemurn=1748&mode=wbFullItem (754 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Martyrs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Edward the Martyr c.962-978, king of the English (975-78), son of Edgar by his first wife.
		Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, in a Christian version of a widespread story, martyrs immured in a cave near Ephesus during the persecutions by Decius (c.250).
		Don't call them martyrs: all major religions honor their martyrs.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Martyrs (605 words)

	Tolpuddle
		The remembrance of the persecution of early unionism and the celebration of the ultimate triumph, both of reprieve of the martyrs and the ultimate widespread growth of trade unionism, seems to provoke outbursts of seeming socialist ambition.
		The use of a socialist object in relation to the annual Tolpuddle rally is appropriate in recording the contribution made by working men and women in a period of rapid social change and industrial advance, accompanied by political persecution.
		Such resistance as was heroically given by those convicted of forming a union at Tolpuddle deserves to be remembered, along with other early political movements (such as Owenism, Chartism, republicanism) that allowed the eventual formulation of a socialist political party to be possible.
	www.worldsocialism.org /spgb/aug02/tolpuddle.html (1072 words)

	Prison Officers Association
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported to the penal colonies of Australia after forming a trade union.
		They were not to meet alone again for three years, for as he left his cottage in the rural village of Tolpuddle, the 37-year-old was stopped by the local constable and served with a warrant for his arrest.
		George Loveless was a Methodist lay preacher and as such was determined to keep to the law and not follow in the violent footsteps of the machine-wreckers or rick-burners protesting about the unemployment caused by the advance of the industrial revolution.
	www.poauk.org.uk /events_june1.htm (1073 words)

	Anarchists at Tolpuddle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yes, there was an anarchist presence at the TUC organised annual rally in honour of the Tolpuddle Martyrs as promised last issue.
		The Tolpuddle event took place this year on 18 July and takes place at around that time every year to commemorate the brave action, of forming a trade union in 1834, taken by the Tolpuddle 6 against state and class power.
		In February 1834 six farm labourers from Tolpuddle village, in the south west of England were sentenced to transportation to Australia for seven years.
	share.geocities.com /williamgodwin7/tolp.htm (507 words)

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		The King, William IV, was made aware of the fact that the continued pressure to release the men would not die down while Orangemen, of whom his brother was the Grand Master, were not prosecuted under the same Act and for the very offence that the six men had been convicted of.
		The Tolpuddle case was the turning point for trade unionism in England.
		The form of initiation is certainly familiar to members of fraternal societies and it’s obvious that trade unions of the time took their ceremonies from the various fraternities which then existed.
	members.tripod.com /~Roughian/tolpuddle.html (1215 words)

	Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum tells the harrowing tale of the Martyrs arrest, trial and punishment, leading to the foundation of modern day trade unionism.
		The museum evolved out of the library which formed part of the Tolpuddle Martyrs Memorial Cottages, built in 1934 to mark the Centenary of the Martyrs' conviction.
		The library, meant for use by the workers living in the cottages, soon became a depository for various artefacts, documents and memorabilia relating to the history of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum_gfx_en/AM58.html (284 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Hampshire/Dorset \| Remembering the martyrs
		Tolpuddle is one of the greatest labour union events and is officially sponsored by the TUC.
		At Tolpuddle I shall be talking about the problem we have in re-establishing democracy, which is being progressively taken away from us.
		If the Tolpuddle Martyrs were around today I think they would look globally as everyone else does.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/england/hampshire/dorset/3071297.stm (580 words)

	The Tolpuddle Martyrs: "Let the producers of wealth unite." \| Workers' Liberty
		The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs is used by the TUC to popularise basic trade unionism.
		But the story of the “Tolpuddle Martyrs” is about much more than the need for workers to join a union for the improvement of wages and conditions.
		The organiser of the Tolpuddle labourers, George Loveless, was a local Methodist preacher.
	www.workersliberty.org /node/3359 (2035 words)

	The Tolpuddle Martyrs
		Intelligent men like George Loveless, founder of the Tolpuddle union in December 1833, disliked such ritual, but it was virtually the only way to impress illiterate workers whose spirits had been withered into apathy by endless labour and poverty.
		The neighbours were antagonistic, regarding the Tolpuddle six as convicts, indelibly stamped with the taint of a criminal past.
		More importantly, their names sprang first to reactionary minds whenever some trade union activity or hint of unrest occurred in the vicinity.Worse still, the Loveless family were linked to the latest threat to the 'ideal' unchanging society, the Chartist Movement which sought to secure the right to vote for every man, however humble.
	www.britannia.com /history/tolpuddle.html (925 words)

	Tolpuddle \| Dorset Photos
		James Hammett one of the Tolpuddle martyr's grave is in this graveyard.
		Only James Hammet returned to Tolpuddle his grave is in the churchyard and the cottage that belonged to Thomas Standfield, where the union members met, can still be seen in the village today.
		Also in Tolpuddle, built by the Trade Union Congress or TUC, are six memorial cottages erected in 1934 to commemorate the centenary of the Martyrs trial.
	www.dorsetphotos.co.uk /dorset/places,19,Tolpuddle.html (501 words)

	Tolpuddle Martyrs' Tree - Icons of England
		In March 1834, the “Martyrs”, as the six were called, were transported to Australia for 7 years.
		In the early 1800s, the ancient sycamore tree in the centre of Tolpuddle was the meeting place for agricultural workers.
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs symbolise the birth of English trade unionism.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/tolpuddle-martyrs-tree (373 words)

	Tolpuddle Martyrs
		The severity of the punishment was fuelled by the undercurrent of fear that the English stage a revolution such as in France.
		For 19th century farm workers, life in the picturesque village of Tolpuddle in Dorset was brutal and impoverished.
		None had land of their own and they were at he mercy of wealthy farmers and landowners who paid a pittance - the equivalent of 70c a week.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~lovelace/tolpuddle.htm (1058 words)

	Images of Dorset - Photographs of Tolpuddle and Puddletown
		In the rural heart of Dorset, on the small River Piddle, are the two villages of Tolpuddle and Puddletown.
		Tolpuddle is the lesser of the two villages, being little more than a small collection of houses, however its name is etched in English history as a result of events that took place there in the early 19th century.
		Trades Unions had been made legal in 1824 but when, in 1834, labourers from Tolpuddle met to form a 'Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers' (albeit in secret) the general climate of unease throughout the country had reached such depths that the six ringleaders were arrested and sentenced to seven years' transportation.
	www.imagesofdorset.org.uk /Dorset/100/intro.htm (451 words)

	LMHS: Robert Wilson, Pioneer Teacher
		Beneath a sycamore tree in Tolpuddle, near Dorchester, Dorset, England in 1834 six farm workers met to form the first trade union in Britain.
		The advice obviously was ill advised or the Tolpuddle men misunderstood the advice because they were charged under the Mutiny Act of 1797 which forbade the taking of illegal oaths.
		Not too many people remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs although there is a plaque on Fanshawe Park Road at Siloam Cemetery honouring the martyrs.
	www.londonhistory.org /tolpuddle.htm (539 words)

	CD Baby: TOL-PUDDLE MARTYRS: Tol-Puddle Martyrs
		The Tol-Puddle Martyrs, the second incarnation of Peter & the Silhouettes (Claudette Jones), produced some of the rarest and most sought after recordings from the killer 60s punk period.
		In 1834 six farm workers from Tolpuddle, Dorset were found guilty on trumped-up charges related to their membership in a clandestine trade union.
		The Martyrs recorded two more tracks in 1969 that were never released and have yet to be located.
	www.cdbaby.com /tolpuddlemartyrs (1474 words)

	BBC - Dorset - Features - Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival
		A record 10,000 people attended this year's Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival which commemorates the six farm labourers who were transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
		The annual Martyrs' Festival remembers the plight of six farm labourers from the village who were arrested on a charge of taking part in an 'illegal oath' ceremony.
		The court and cells where the martyrs were sentenced and held are now open in Dorchester throughout the summer.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dorset/content/articles/2005/07/08/tolpuddle_festival_feature.shtml (579 words)

	Wessex Archaeology: projects: dorset: sutton waldron: vale farm: The Tolpuddle Martyrs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Some 15 miles from Sutton Waldron, as the crow flies, is the village of Tolpuddle, famous as the home of the ‘Tolpuddle Martyrs’.
		However, the men rapidly became popular heroes and in 1836 the government bowed to public pressure and remitted the sentences.
		In 1934, on the centenary of the trial, the TUC (Trades Union Congress) founded the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Museum in the village, and built six memorial cottages in memory of these pioneers of the trades union movement.
	www.wessexarch.co.uk /projects/dorset/sutton_waldron/vale_farm/tpm.html (150 words)

	Tolpuddle Martyrs
		The pretty little village of Tolpuddle, some six miles east of Dorchester, is home to the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum.
		The Martyrs Museum is open with free admission, and forms part of the Memorial Cottages.
		The exhibition includes interactive multimedia screens, and Tony Robinson narrates the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, which is available on CD-ROM together with various souvenirs and educational material.
	www.dorsetriviera.com /onlocation/tolpuddle.asp (299 words)

	Old Crown Court Opens To Celebrate The Tolpuddle Martyrs - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		Dorset is set to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs as the scene of their 1834 trial and imprisonment opens for guided tours from July 18 2005 and, for the first time, the National Trust calculates the exact age of the landmark Tolpuddle Tree.
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs attempted to form one of the world’s first trade unions against a background of falling wages and harsh employment laws.
		Nigel Costley, Regional Secretary of the South West TUC, said: “The Tolpuddle Tree is one of the most famous trees in the country because it was under there that the Martyrs met – a move that led to their deportation, pardon and, ultimately, the foundation of the trade union movement.”
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART29453.html (693 words)

	Tolpuddle in Dorset
		Local squire, James Frampton, framed the six martyrs on a trumped up charge because he feared that trades unionism would threaten the power and wealth of the upper classes.
		Five of the martyrs were shipped to New South Wales where they were forced to work as convict labour for landowners.
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Museum, housed in one of the Memorial Cottages built in 1934 to mark the centenary of the martyrs' convictions, tells the full story of their plight.
	www.worldheritagecoast.net /place.aspx?place=26 (231 words)

	Trades Union Congress - About the TUC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum tells of the Martyr's arrest, trial and punishment, key events in the foundation of modern trade unionism.
		Visitors can now discover for themselves how the Tolpuddle Martyrs changed the face of social history and, through their beliefs and actions, paved the way for trade unionism today.
		Tolpuddle Festival The 2006 Tolpuddle Festival took place from 14-16 July.
	www.tuc.org.uk /tolpuddle (191 words)

	The Methodist Church of Great Britain
		Tolpuddle, a tiny village in Dorset, will come alive as coachloads of Trade Unionists from all around the country converge there for the annual commemoration of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
		Five of the six 1834 Martyrs who risked the wrath of landowners to form the ‘Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers’, calling for better wages and conditions, were prominent village Methodists.
		The preacher will be the new Labour member of the House of Lords, The Rev Dr Lord Griffiths, former President of the Conference and minister of Wesley’s Chapel.
	www.methodist.org.uk /index.cfm?fuseaction=news.content&cmid=864 (272 words)

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