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Tolpuddle

Tolpuddle proper noun: 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).

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).

Origin of Tolpuddle

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

Questions about Tolpuddle

What does Tolpuddle mean?
Tolpuddle means 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).
What part of speech is Tolpuddle?
Tolpuddle is a proper noun.

Words near Tolpuddle in the dictionary

  1. Tolpatches
  2. tolperisone
  3. tolpiprazole
  4. tolpropamide
  5. tolpropamine
  6. Tolpuddle
  7. tolpyrramide
  8. tolrestat
  9. tols
  10. tolsel
  11. tolsels

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