Tolpuddle
Sign in to saveTolpuddle () 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, the county town, and west of Poole. The estimated population of the parish in 2013 was 420.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tolpuddle
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 452
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Church of St John the Evangelist, Tolpuddle - geograph.org.uk - 1592503.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish Church of St John the Evangelist
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Tolpuddle
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 420
- UK place.population_ref
- (2023 estimate)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Burleston and Tolpuddle
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.post_town
- Dorchester
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dorset
- Population
- +452
- Image
- The Church of St John the Evangelist, Tolpuddle - geograph.org.uk - 1592503.jpg
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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, the county town, and west of Poole. The estimated population of the parish in 2013 was 420.
==Etymology== Tolpuddle originally bore the name 'Tolpiddle'. The entry for Tolpuddle in the Key to English Place-Names reads: