A REPORT ON THE FORMER METHODIST CHAPEL AT TOLPUDDLE, DORSET
Author(s): David M Robinson
It is thought that an apparently late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century building on the north side of the main street in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset is a former Methodist chapel and that it was attended by several of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. A freestanding structure, it sits immediately east of the so-called Martyrs' Cottage (grade I), and is listed as grade as 11* in its own right. The listings of both the cottage and the reputed chapel are due almost entirely to their connection with the celebrated Dorchester Labourers episode of 1834. Confirmation is required as to whether the structure in question was indeed a Methodist chpeI, and whether or not it was used for worship by some or all of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. If so, when did the building pass out of religious use, and what is the relationship to the current Methodist chapel?
- Report Number:
- 101/1999
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 41
- Keywords:
- Building Recording Conservation
