Tolpuddle Martyrs

/ ˈtɒlˌpʌdəl /

plural noun

1. six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset

Example Sentences

Runners-up included the Tolpuddle Martyrs tree in Dorset, Glastonbury's Holy Thorn and the Boscobel Oak in Shropshire, a descendant of the tree where the future King Charles II hid after the final battle of the English Civil War.

From BBC

When six Dorset labourers were transported to Australia in the 1830s for organising a primitive trade union, 800,000 signed a petition demanding freedom for the Tolpuddle Martyrs.

From The Guardian

Gore's Tolpuddle Martyrs play tells the story of the pioneer trade unionists transported to Australia in 1834.

From The Guardian

"It is fantastic to see more of it," said Neil Gore, a writer and performer with Townsend Productions, which is premiering We Will Be Free, his trade union-sponsored play about the Tolpuddle Martyrs.

From The Guardian

Sure, there are other events where the Leftfield could find a home – the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival, the Women Chainmakers festival, the Burston School Strike Rally to name a few – but these are relatively small labour movement gatherings and people would be quick to accuse us of preaching to the converted.

From The Guardian