Norman Cross prison in Cambridgeshire was home to up to 7,000 inmates during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars

Norman Cross, the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, is located near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.

Norman Cross prison in Cambridgeshire was home to up to 7,000 inmates during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars

The Cambridgeshire site was once home to 7,000 French Prisoners