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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society
Family History Society
Below is a list of upcoming SDFHS events.
How did my family get here?
Margot Choo: From Gott’s Corner to Tinsel Town
The fascinating story of one of Sturminster Newton schoolmaster’s family.
Dorset Heroines by David Beaton
‘Dorchester – Small Town, Big Story’ by Alistair Chisholm
Anne Brown: The Tolpuddle Martyrs and Shire Hall: we will, we will, we will be free!
Shire Hall, Dorchester, was the centre of justice and local government from 1797 to 1955. The Georgian courtroom was the scene of many famous and infamous trials throughout this period, the most famous being that of the six agricultural labourers known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs. This talk looks at the background to their story, the punishment they endured and the changes these ordinary Dorset working men made to their local area and to society as a whole.