The Church of Saint John the Evangelist is a

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Tolpuddle Tolpuddle () is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, east of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester, the county town, and west of Poole. The estimated populatio ...

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

. The church is a

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History

The earliest parts of the church date to the 12th century, and it was enlarged in the 13th and 14th centuries. It was restored in 1855 by the architect T. H. Wyatt. On 26 January 1956, the church was designated a

Gallery

File:James Hammett's Grave - geograph.org.uk - 1176620.jpg , The grave of James Hammett, one of the

Tolpuddle Martyrs The Tolpuddle Martyrs were six agricultural labourers from the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, England, who were arrested and tried in 1834 for swearing a secret oath as members of a friendly society. Led by George Loveless, the group had ...

File:Interior, The Church of St John the Evangelist, Tolpuddle - geograph.org.uk - 1176617.jpg , The

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with

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File:St John, Tolpuddle.jpg , Tower and door File:The Church of St John the Evangelist, Tolpuddle - geograph.org.uk - 1176510.jpg ,

References

External links

A Church Near You entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint John's Church, Tolpuddle Grade I listed churches in Dorset Church of England church buildings in Dorset 12th-century church buildings in England