Tolpuddle

English

Etymology

Recorded as Pidele in 1086 (DB), and Tollepidele in 1210. An estate on the River Piddle belonging to a woman named Tóla.

Proper noun

Tolpuddle

1. A village and civil parish (served by Puddletown Area Parish Council (Group)) in Dorset, England, the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs (OS grid ref SY7994).

References

• Parish map