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TOCT is pleased to announce our first Heritage Talk by TOCT Trustee, Professor Philip Martin. All welcome at The Alresford Historical and Literacy Society this Wednesday evening. alresfordhistandlit.co.uk @HeritageFundL_S @HistoricEngland #history #literary #heritage

On International Women’s Day 2022, with its theme of ‘breaking the bias’, let’s remember the women of Tolpuddle in 1834 who are so often absent from the conventional accounts.#InternationalWomensDay, @ArchHFund, @HistoricEngland @HTNmembers, @HeritageFundUK

To wish all our followers a Happy Christmas. Thank you for your Likes & Retweets during the year. We look forward to reporting more updates in 2022. Stay Safe & Well. Signing off until the New Year. All at TOCT @HeritageFundL_S @HE_SouthWest @SSHConservation @Greendale_Build

Progress Update No. 7, shows the progress made in excavation to the east, north & west of the Old Chapel. @SSHConservation, @heritagefundL_S @HE_SouthWest #heritage, #dorset

Update No. 8, highlights the internal and external pointing of the brick plinth. For the first time the outline of the extension is marked out on the ground. Excavations continue along the north wall, prior to underpinning. @SSHConservation, @heritagefundL_S @HE_SouthWest

Many thanks to Paul Cheetham, Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Science @bournemouthuni for visiting Tolpuddle Old Chapel to carry out an archaeological geophysical survey on our site. This is an exciting opportunity to find out what lies under the ground at this historic site

Despite the effects of ‘Lockdown’ on our progress, another little piece of the jigsaw puzzle for finding the most suitable cob render to use to renovate the walls of Tolpuddle Old Chapel falls into place. Thanks to @black_pheasant and @HE_SouthWest

A special ‘Thank You’, to Revd.Stephanie Jenner, TOCT Foundation Trustee. Earlier this year, she stood down as a trustee due to health issues.We are grateful for her vision & efforts in shaping our building preservation trust.

From 1819 to 1833, Methodist Lay preacher, George Loveless, retold the Easter Story in Tolpuddle Old Chapel. Help TOCT tell the story of this iconic building and the people who built it and worshiped there. Artwork reproduced by kind permission of @JASONWILSHERMIL

MYSTERY STONE FOUND IN TOLPUDDLE. Could you be a ‘Heritage Detective’? Help TOCT solve the mystery of a carved stone found under the floor of the old Tolpuddle School House. #heritage, #heritageatrisk, #dorset, #tolpuddle.

We are one step nearer to the start of our long awaited renovation work on Tolpuddle Old Chapel. With our new cob blocks safely stored, Nigel loads more chalk for delivery to @HeritageCobLime.

FROM OUR ARCHIVE  TOCT website tolpuddleoldchapeltrust.org has recently re attached the video of the 200th Anniversary celebrations of the opening of Tolpuddle Old Chapel in 1818. Here we highlight the first of four short videos about the event.