Greetings Gayle & everyone else, Firstly Gayle good luck with the reunion. I bet it will be a great success. Gayle, do you, or does anyone else, have any old photos of the Standfield homes in T'pud? One was presumably the pub. I have been trying to track down a Polly Hammett who I'm told lived in the Standfield's house in T'pud. My late mother remembered staying with Polly in the 1920s but couldn't remember how she was linked in with our Hammett and Loveless families. There is a photo of a cottage owned by Mary Hammett (who might just be Polly) the widow of Samuel Hammett son of TM James Hammett hence my interest in knowing if this was also a Standfield cottage. Any help will be much appreciated because Polly is fast becoming my equivalent of Irene's Blasted Bobby - take it you haven't found him yet Irene. Cheers everyone Dawn

Hi Dawn and everyone. The only picture that I have of the Standfield Cottage is the drawing from the The Martyrs Of Tolpuddle book published by the Trades Union Congress. David Standfield a newfound cousin of mine visited Tolpuddle a few years ago and actually knocked on the door of the old Standfield residence and the lady who lived there at the time invited him in for a tour of her home. He, probably has some photographs of the Standfield home and I will try to reach him to see if he does. He will not be attending this reunion that I know of, as we haven't had a response to the invitation notice that we sent. If you would like a copy of the one in the book I have, just let me know and I will scan it and send it to you. Robert Standfield the great grandfather of Thomas Standfield T.M. owned an "alehouse" or a "Tippling House" which was a small version of an Inn, but the exact location is not clear, but it was known as The King's Arms, and was most likely situated near the main road through the village of Dorset. (This info is from the Pidela, which I know you have read Dawn) Just for the interest of those on the List, it says he appears to be a man of average wealth, in that his wearing apparel is in triplicate, and would appear to be of good quality, he possessed silver shoe buckles, had two wigs and quite a lot of ready cash in the house. As well as the King's Arms, he had another house in Topuddle called Clarks, and a house or booth on Woodbury Hill which appears to have been a lodging house for travellers to the fair. His total estate was worth 273 pounds. The Pidela contains the last will and testament of Robert Standfield of the parish of Tolpuddle and it is quite an interesting read as to what he willed to each of his children and his wife Katherine (Jones) Standfield. Robert's daughter Mary married Thomas Raison, and Robert left some money to his grandson Jethro Raison, so if any of you have any Raisons in your genealogy you may be related to the Standfields. Gayle ----- Original Message ----- From: "P.F. & D. Stewart" <stewpot20@btopenworld.com> To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:19 PM Subject: [TOL] Polly Hammett > Greetings Gayle & everyone else, > > Firstly Gayle good luck with the reunion. I bet it will be a great success. > > Gayle, do you, or does anyone else, have any old photos of the Standfield > homes in T'pud? One was presumably the pub. I have been trying to track > down a Polly Hammett who I'm told lived in the Standfield's house in T'pud. > My late mother remembered staying with Polly in the 1920s but couldn't > remember how she was linked in with our Hammett and Loveless families. > There is a photo of a cottage owned by Mary Hammett (who might just be > Polly) the widow of Samuel Hammett son of TM James Hammett hence my interest > in knowing if this was also a Standfield cottage. > > Any help will be much appreciated because Polly is fast becoming my > equivalent of Irene's Blasted Bobby - take it you haven't found him yet > Irene. > > Cheers everyone > > Dawn > > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs >