Hello Gayle, Many thanks for your reply. I do have a copy of the TUC book but if you could manage to contact David and extract any photos from him, that would be a great help. Cheers Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete & Gayle Young" <pgyoung@rcv.org> To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:10 AM Subject: Re: [TOL] Polly Hammett > 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 > > > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs >