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World’s first prisoner of war camp in Cambridgeshire to open to the public
The Cambridgeshire site was once home to 7,000 French Prisoners
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indy100.com
Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under field bought from farmer
Norman Cross, the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, is located near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.
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independent.co.uk
Historic war camp used over 200 years ago and buried under farmer’s field is bought
The site once held soldiers captured during the Napoleonic Wars
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theguardian.com
Site of first purpose-built prisoner of war camp saved by Historic England funding
Norman Cross prison in Cambridgeshire was home to up to 7,000 inmates during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
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World’s first prisoner of war camp in Cambridgeshire to open to the public
The Cambridgeshire site was once home to 7,000 French Prisoners