6 Dorset farm labourers, transported to Australia for joining a trade union. Following mass protests against their treatment the government was forced to give pardons and eventually after 2 years, all returned home. Five of them continued their campaign and supported the Chartists.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Tolpuddle Martyrs
Commemorated ati
Tolpuddle Martyrs at Copenhagen Fields
Copenhagen Fields From this site on 21st April 1834 thousands marched in sup...
Tolpuddle Martyrs mural
A modern information board informs that the mural was painted by Dave Bangs i...
Other Subjects
Jonathan Thorp
Chairman of the Thames Navigation & Port of London Committee in 1857. We can’t find a picture of the man but here’s the cup he was presented with, inscribed: “Thames Navigation & Port of ...
2 memorials
1 memorial
James Balfour
Deputy Chairman, Highways and Public Works Committee
1 memorial
Henry Cecil Raikes
MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to have his voice recorded for posterity, by Thomas Edison's British agent.
2 memorials
James Ogilvy-Webb
Chairman of the Islington Society, 1966 - 1985.
1 memorial
Previously viewed
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them