69-683: Norman Cross may refer to: Norman Cross Prison , prisoner-of-war camp constructed in 1790s in Huntingdonshire, England Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire , hamlet near Peterborough Norman Cross Hundred , a subdivision of Huntingdonshire first mentioned in 963 AD Norman Cross Rural District , area of Huntingdonshire, England from 1894 to 1974 People [ edit ] Norman Cross (baseball) (1910-1982), American baseball player Norman Cross (multihull designer) (1915-1990), Canadian multihull sailboat designer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
138-432: A brick wall in 1805) and guarded by 'silent sentries' who could not be seen by the prisoners. In 1797, "The prisoners constantly sawed the inner palings [of the stockade] close to the ground, so they could be removed and replaced at night without fear of detection. In this manner they often got through the inner palings, but in crossing to the outer were always recaptured." The barracks for the garrison were placed outside and
207-565: A distance of 34 feet towards the great South road under the fosse which surrounded the prison, although the fosse was four feet deep, and no tools were discovered with them. Five escapees were taken. During the night, several prisoners escaped in February 1807. Three escapees were retaken near Ryde heading for Southampton in April 1807. The agent at the depot (camp commander), Captain Pressland RN,
276-456: A fit of intoxication, and nearly thirty were left on the road unable to proceed to their native land. They carry home with them about six thousand pounds in English money, being the profits on the sale of the toys, &c. which they manufactured at the depot". Great North Road (Great Britain) The Great North Road was the main highway between England and Scotland from medieval times until
345-473: A large guard house (known as the Block House ) containing troops and six cannon was placed right at the centre. The interior of the prison was divided into four quadrangles , each with four double-storey wooden accommodation blocks for 500 prisoners and four ablution blocks. One accommodation block was reserved for officers. Half of each quadrangle was a large exercise yard. The north-east quadrangle contained
414-530: A long straight section of the Great North Road near Stretton, Rutland , was reputed to be another haunt of Dick Turpin. It was later renamed the Ram Jam Inn after a story from the coaching days. A coach passenger undertook to show the landlady the secret of drawing both mild and bitter beer from the same barrel. Two holes were made and she was left with one thumb rammed against one and the other jammed into
483-571: A mile to the west of what is now the town of Stamford . The Great North Road passed through the centre of Stamford, with two very sharp bends, re-joined the alignment of Ermine Street just before Great Casterton and continued as far as Colsterworth (at the A151 junction). Inns on this section included the George at Stamford and the Bell Inn at Stilton , the original sellers of Stilton cheese . At Colsterworth
552-515: A quality at least equal to that available to locals. The senior officer from each quadrangle was permitted to inspect the food as it was delivered to the prison to ensure it was of sufficient quality. Despite the generous supply and quality of food, some prisoners died of starvation after gambling away their rations. Most prisoners were illiterate and were offered the opportunity to learn to read and write in their native language and English. Prisoners who could read were given access to books. News on
621-451: A resident British surgeon was built adjacent to the prison hospital in 1805. A peculiar outbreak of nyctalopia or night-blindness affected many of the prisoners in 1806. They became severely dyspeptic and completely blind from sunset until dawn, to the extent that their fitter companions had to lead them around the camp. Various treatments were tried and failed; finally they were cured with black hellebore , given as snuff, which relieved
690-628: A very high standard and printing implements were found. The former was convicted of forgery and the latter of uttering at the Huntingdon Assizes in 1805. Francois Raize gave evidence for the crown. Forging banknotes was a capital offence at the time. They were sentenced to death but this was commuted. They remained in Huntingdon Gaol until they received a free pardon from the Prince Regent and were moved to Norman Cross and repatriated with
759-694: A very large group of French prisoners arriving from the Peninsula the guards had to be reinforced quickly. The Bedfordshire Militia were sent from Littlehampton in wagons changed at each town, the officers in post chaises , the journey of 166 miles (267 km) taking just six days (29 April to 4 May). Men from the following units were stationed at the prison: Many of the prisoners arrived via Portsmouth or Plymouth and were marched hundreds of miles to Norman Cross. In April 1797 six transports having on board near 1,000 French prisoners disembarked at King's Lynn from Falmouth. The prisoners, under an escort of
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#1732851363029828-476: A yellow suit, a grey or yellow cap, a yellow jacket, a red waistcoat, yellow trousers, a neckerchief, two shirts, two pairs of stockings, and one pair of shoes. The bright colours were chosen to aid the recognition of escaped prisoners. In Foulley's model of the prison (at the Musée de l'Armée , Paris; pictured above) more than half the prisoners are represented wearing these clothes. Food was prepared by cooks drawn from
897-514: Is dropped off to go walking. His chauffeur, keen to get home for a date with the maid, is killed near Retford . In Cassandra Clare 's Clockwork Princess , the third volume of The Infernal Devices trilogy, Will Herondale takes the road after leaving London on his way to Wales to find Tessa Gray. The road also features in The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells , as the protagonists' brother tries to cross
966-509: Is now building about the prison; is to be 14 feet high, and nearly a mile in circumference. After the second of these two major escape attempts in 1804 and 1807, the wooden stockade fence was soon replaced with a brick wall. One prisoner, Charles Francois Marie Bourchier, stabbed a civilian, Alexander Halliday, while attempting to escape on 9 September 1808. He was convicted at the Huntingdon Assizes and sentenced to death by hanging. He
1035-496: The A1 and A15 roads is here. Traditionally in Huntingdonshire, Norman Cross gave its name to one of the hundreds of Huntingdonshire and, from 1894 to 1974, to Norman Cross Rural District . The Royal Navy Transport Board was responsible for the care of prisoners of war . When Sir Ralph Abercromby communicated in 1796 that he was transferring 4,000 prisoners from the West Indies ,
1104-532: The Lincoln Militia marched from there to Norman Cross. Most prisoners arrived on foot from Portsmouth, Plymouth, Hull , Great Yarmouth , and other ports. In October 1797, 300 prisoners embarked from Peterborough quay to be exchanged. The sea trip to the continent was by cartel ship . When the first peace was proclaimed, prisoners were taken to Wisbech in lighters to join others in Wisbech Gaol to depart from
1173-646: The Northumberland Militia were inspected at the barracks by Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland . After he had reviewed them, the duke presented the commanding officer with £150 for the regiment to regale themselves with. On 22 April 1812 the Edinburgh Militia relieved the 2nd West York at Yaxley barracks, and the latter regiment marched to Colchester . However, the Edinburgh's Militia were soon sent north to deal with Luddite machine-breaking and with
1242-557: The Port of Wisbech for France. Not all prisoners waited for repatriation after the end of the war. A number of the Dutch prisoners expressed their readiness to enlist into the service of Britain. In January 1807 upwards of 60 of them, whose services had been accepted, were marched under an escort of the Pembrokeshire Militia, to Portsmouth, to be distributed on board ships of war. Peace
1311-453: The 20th century. It became a coaching route used by mail coaches travelling between London , York and Edinburgh . The modern A1 mainly parallels the route of the Great North Road. Coaching inns, many of which survive, were staging posts providing accommodation, stabling for horses and replacement mounts. Nowadays virtually no surviving coaching inns can be seen while driving on the A1, because
1380-602: The Board began the search for a site for a new prison. The site was chosen because it was on the Great North Road only 76 miles (122 km) north of London and was deemed far enough from the coast that escaped prisoners could not easily flee back to France . The site had a good water supply and close to sufficient local sources of food to sustain many thousands of prisoners and the guards. Work commenced in December 1796 with much of
1449-709: The British and French governments agreed that each should feed their own citizens in their enemy's prisons. The French provided a daily ration of one pint of beer, 8 oz of beef or fish, 26 oz of bread, 2 oz of cheese and 1 lb of potato or fresh vegetables. They were also allowed 1 lb of soap and 1 lb of tobacco per month. Patients in the prison hospital were given a daily ration of one pint of tea morning and evening, 16 oz of bread, 16 oz of beef, mutton or fish, one pint of broth, 16 oz of green vegetables or potato, and two pints of beer. The British government went to great lengths to provide food of
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#17328513630291518-590: The French army. These were encouraged to enlist in the 60th Foot , which was raising a rifle-armed 5th Battalion in imitation of German jägers . The French prisoners, whose main pastime was gambling, were accused by the British government of selling their clothes and few personal possessions to raise money for further gambling. In 1801, the British government issued statements blaming the French Consul for not supplying sufficient clothing (the British government had paid
1587-449: The French for all English prisoners held in France and French colonies to be clothed). In July 1801 Jeremiah Askew, a tradesman at Yaxley, was convicted of being in possession of palliasses and other articles bearing the government mark of the ' broad arrow '. He was sentenced to stand in the pillory at Norman Cross and two years of hard labour . Samuel Johnson and a Mr Serle, who visited
1656-671: The Great North Road diverges west of the Roman road and continues through Grantham , Newark , Retford and Bawtry to Doncaster . North of Doncaster the Great North Road again follows a short section of Ermine Street, the Roman Rigg or Roman Ridge . Further north the Great North Road crossed the Roman Dere Street near Boroughbridge from where it continued via Dishforth and Topcliffe to Northallerton and then through Darlington , Durham and Newcastle , on to Edinburgh. A road forked to
1725-637: The Great North Road joined the Old North Road, an older route which followed the Roman Ermine Street . Here a milestone records mileages to London via both routes: 65 by the Old North Road and 68 by the Great North Road. From Alconbury the Great North Road follows the line of Ermine Street north, through Stilton , and crossed the River Nene at Wansford . Ermine Street crossed the River Welland about
1794-484: The Great North Road somewhere near Barnet through a frenzied exodus of refugees from London, driven north by the approach of Martians from the south. In the oft-quoted first part of his essay England Your England , writer George Orwell refers to the "to-and-fro of the lorries on the Great North Road" as being a characteristic fragment of English life. The road is mentioned in Mark Knopfler 's song, "5:15 AM", from
1863-517: The NCOs and privates of the garrison to permit a quantity of straw to be conveyed into the site for the purpose of making straw hats. In September 1812 the North York Militia held a regimental court-martial lasting three days that reduced four sergeants to the ranks and reprimanded two others for conniving at the guards smuggling raw straw into the prison and the plaited product out. Insubordination
1932-533: The Revenue in opposition to the Laws, obscene toys and drawings, or articles made either from their clothing or the prison stores". Many prisoners at Norman Cross made artefacts such as toys, model ships and dominoes sets from carved wood or animal bone, and straw marquetry . Examples of the prisoners' craftwork were sold to visitors and passersby. Some highly skilled prisoners were commissioned by wealthy individuals, some of
2001-513: The barracks, compiled a report on behalf of the British government, stating that the proportion of food allowance was fully sufficient to maintain both life and health, but added: "provided it is not shamefully lost by gambling". The Lords of the Admiralty , along with Johnson, instructed that naked prisoners should be clothed at once, without waiting for the French supply or payment for clothing. The British government provided each naked prisoner with
2070-428: The body of Julien Cheral, a French prisoner of war, who met his death by a fellow prisoner of the name of Jean Francois Pons stabbing. Verdict — Self Defence." In January 1812, a French prisoner was shot whilst escaping after he had overpowered a guard and stolen a bayonet. The guard was committed to Huntingdon Gaol for the next assizes on a charge of manslaughter. In August 1812 Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg ,
2139-647: The building was demolished in 1782. The Great North Road followed St John Street to the junction at the Angel Inn where the local road name changes from St John Street to Islington High Street . When the General Post Office at St Martin's-le-Grand , in the historic Aldersgate ward, was built in 1829, coaches started using an alternative route, now the modern A1 road, beginning at the Post Office and following Aldersgate Street and Goswell Road before joining
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2208-559: The dyspepsia and restored their night vision within a few days. A total of 1,770 prisoner deaths were recorded, the majority from disease, during the time the prison was in operation, although the records are incomplete. At the outbreak of the war, the Transport Board wrote that "the prisoners in all the depots in the country are at full liberty to exercise their industry within the prisons, in manufacturing and selling any articles they may think proper excepting those which would affect
2277-461: The first purpose-built sessions house for the Middlesex justices of the peace. The Hall was built in 1612, on an island site in the middle of St John Street (where St John's Lane branches to the west); this building was used as the initial datum point for mileages on the Great North Road (despite not being located at the very start of the road). Its site continued to be used for this purpose even after
2346-567: The gateway to such 'exotic' destinations as Nottingham . The Lord Peter Wimsey short story "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag" by Dorothy L. Sayers features a motorcycle chase along it. Similarly, Ruined City by Nevil Shute features an all night drive from Henry Warren's house in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, along the road as far as Rowley and then to Greenhead near Hadrian's Wall, where Warren
2415-412: The intention of breaking the perimeter fencing. Assistance was sent for from Peterborough. A troop of Yeomanry galloped to support, later followed by two more troops and an infantry unit. The prisoners had cut down a part of the wood enclosure during the night, nine of them effected their escape through the aperture. At daybreak, it was discovered in another part of the prison that prisoners had undermined
2484-537: The left at the bridge in Boroughbridge to follow Dere Street, and Scotch Corner to Penrith and on to Glasgow. Part of this route was the original A1, with a local road from Scotch Corner via Barton to Darlington making the link back to the old Great North Road. In the first era of stage coaches York was the terminus of the Great North Road. Along the route, Doncaster– Selby –York was superseded by Doncaster– Ferrybridge –Wetherby–Boroughbridge–Northallerton–Darlington,
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2622-536: The many figures moving in all directions, and exercising their different trades on the material with which they are constructed, namely, the bone of beef, they are equally the objects of our admiration. The Thuilleries and the Luxembourg took two years and four months in arranging the architecture only; and the Palace of Charles IV was seven years in completing, being the labour of an individual. These celebrated productions were
2691-556: The mid-nineteenth century coach services could not compete with the new railways. The last coach from London to Newcastle left in 1842 and the last from Newcastle to Edinburgh in July 1847. The highwayman Dick Turpin 's flight from London to York in less than 15 hours on his mare Black Bess is the most famous legend of the Great North Road. Various inns along the route claim Turpin ate a meal or stopped for respite for his horse. Harrison Ainsworth , in his 1834 romance Rookwood , immortalised
2760-488: The modern route bypasses the towns in which the inns are found. The traditional start point for the Great North Road was Smithfield Market on the edge of the City of London . The initial stretch of the road was St John Street which begins on the boundary of the city (the site of the former West Smithfield Bars ), and runs through north London . Less than a hundred metres up St John Street, into Clerkenwell , stood Hicks Hall ,
2829-432: The more direct way to Edinburgh, the final destination. The first recorded stage coach operating from London to York was in 1658 taking four days. Faster mail coaches began using the route in 1786, stimulating a quicker service from the other passenger coaches. In the "Golden Age of Coaching", between 1815 and 1835, coaches could travel from London to York in 20 hours, and from London to Edinburgh in 45 1 ⁄ 2 hours. In
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2898-547: The old route close to the Angel. The Angel Inn itself was an important staging post. From Highgate the original route is bypassed and is now called the A1000 road through Barnet to Hatfield . From there it largely followed the course of the current B197 road through Stevenage to Baldock . Roughly taking the route of the A1, the next stages were Biggleswade and Alconbury , again replete with traditional coaching inns. At Alconbury,
2967-480: The other; the trickster then made off. In literature Jeanie Deans of Sir Walter Scott 's novel The Heart of Midlothian travels through several communities on the Great North Road on her way to London. The road features in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens . Part of the J. B. Priestley novel The Good Companions mentions the road, which represented to protagonist Jess Oakroyd (a Yorkshireman)
3036-440: The pailing of the prison, was fired at by the sentinel on duty; the ball entered his back, and he died shortly afterwards. Duelling continued amongst prisoners. On 15 May 1811 at Norman Cross, two fought with scissors attached to sticks. One duellist wounded the survivor twice, before the latter made the thrust that proved fatal. It was reported that "On Saturday the 19th an inquisition was taken at Norman Cross Barracks, on view of
3105-480: The prison as it was in about 1809, shows a theatre in the south-west quadrangle. There was no prison chapel but a Catholic priest resided in the garrison barracks. From 1808, the former Bishop of Moulins Étienne-Jean-Baptiste-Louis des Gallois de La Tour , who lived in exile at Stilton , was permitted by the Admiralty to minister and provide charity to the prisoners at his own expense. He later became Archbishop of Bourges . Sick prisoners were initially treated in
3174-421: The prison gate. Prices were regulated so the prisoners did not undersell local industries. In return, prisoners were permitted to buy additional food, tobacco, wine, clothes or materials for further work. In 1813 ten inmates on behalf of the prisoners were allowed to attend the sale of articles, a long tent was erected in the barrack-yard, where these were exhibited to the visitors, who had purchased articles through
3243-496: The prison hospital by two French Navy surgeons and 24 orderlies. As the number of prisoners increased, disease spread throughout the camp and 1,020 prisoners died in a typhus outbreak in 1800–1801. A special 'typhus cemetery' was dug near the camp. Leonard Gillespie, Surgeon to the Fleet, wrote in 1804 that pneumonia was common with some cases becoming fatal carditis . There were also many cases of consumption . A brick house for
3312-509: The prison hospital. There was also a windowless block known as the Black Hole in which prisoners were kept shackled on half rations as punishment, mainly for violence towards the guards although two prisoners were sent to the Black Hole for " infamous vices ". 30 wells were sunk to draw drinking water for the prisoners and garrison. The average prison population was about 5,500 men. The lowest number of prisoners recorded in any official document
3381-448: The prison ranks. The cooks, one for every 12 prisoners, were paid a small allowance by the British government. The initial daily food ration for each prisoner was 1 lb of beef, 1 lb of bread, 1 lb of potatoes, and 1 lb of cabbage or pease . As the majority of prisoners were Roman Catholic , herrings or cod was substituted for beef on Fridays. Each prisoner was also allowed 2 oz of soap per week. In November 1797,
3450-536: The prison was General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes who resided with his wife in Cheltenham from 1809 until they escaped back to France in 1811. General René-Martin Pillet [ fr ] (1762–1816), Adjutant Commandant was confined here for breaking parole; he was allowed further parole and after again attempting to escape was sent to Chatham . Among the prisoners in 1797 were Germans who had been conscripted into
3519-423: The prison, and in an instant levelled one angle of it with the ground. They were proceeding to make a like experiment upon the next inclosure (constructed, like the former, of wood), when they were charged by the military of the barracks, and more than 40 were severely wounded with the bayonet before they were driven back to their confines. None escaped: but in consequence of this attempt a vast inclosure of brick-work
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#17328513630293588-457: The prisoners becoming very rich in the process. Archdeacon William Strong, a regular visitor to the prison, notes in his diary of 23 October 1801 that he provided a piece of mahogany and paid a prisoner £1 15s 6d to build a model of the Block House and £2 2s for a straw picture of Peterborough Cathedral . Prisoners were permitted to sell artefacts twice a week at the local market, or daily at
3657-517: The prisoners of war to France in 1814. Prisoners at the Norman Cross site were not permitted to manufacture straw hats or bonnets (presumably so as not to impinge upon the local industry). The authorities appear to have enforced this stipulation: at Huntingdon Assizes in May 1811 John Lun, snr (twelve months) and three sons (six months) were sentenced to prison for a conspiracy, in endeavouring to persuade
3726-404: The progress of the war, including successes and defeats on both sides, was reported to prisoners. In April 1799, French prisoners at Liverpool were reported to have performed plays by Voltaire in a neat prison theatre they had constructed. In July 1799, Dutch prisoners at Norman Cross sought permission to use one building as a theatre. The Sea Lords refused. However, Foulley's model, depicting
3795-510: The remaining three were caught in a fishing boat off the Norfolk coast. In the hat of one was found a complete map of the Lincolnshire coast. Each year the number of attempts to escape increased, as did the numbers in each escape. Three groups of 16 men each escaped in late 1801. Incomplete tunnels were discovered in 1802. In October 1804 the press reported the prisoners created a disturbance with
3864-430: The ride. Historians argue that Turpin never made the journey, claiming that the ride was by John Nevison , "Swift Nick", a highwayman in the time of Charles II, 50 years before Turpin who was born and raised at Wortley near Sheffield. It is claimed that Nevison, in order to establish an alibi, rode from Gad's Hill, near Rochester, Kent , to York (some 190 miles (310 km)) in 15 hours. The Winchelsea Arms , an inn on
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4002-526: The summer, to the amount of £50 to £60 a week. At the end of the war, the Transport Board noted that some prisoners had earned as much as 100 guineas . An advertisement in 1814 demonstrated that some items were made collectively and others by a solo craftsman. The Exhibition of the Thuilleries, the Luxembourg, and the Palace of Charles IV which are now open, No. 42, Old Bond-street, are most uncommon proofs of human ingenuity; whether we take into consideration
4071-478: The timber building prefabricated in London and assembled on site. 500 carpenters and labourers worked on the site for three months. The cost of construction was £34,581 11s 3d. The design of the prison was based on that of a contemporary artillery fort. A ditch 27 feet (8.2 m) wide and about 5 feet deep (to prevent prisoners tunnelling out) was placed inside the wall (originally a wooden stockade fence, replaced with
4140-640: The wives of some officers, were given parole d'honneur outside the prison, mainly in Peterborough, although some as far away as Northampton , Plymouth , Melrose , and Abergavenny . They were afforded the courtesy of their rank within English society. Some "with good private means" hired servants and often dined out while wearing full uniform. Three French officers died of natural causes while on parole and were buried with full military honours. Four French officers and five Dutch officers married English women while on parole. The most senior officer on parole from
4209-547: The work of the French prisoners, during their confinement at Norman Cross. Thousands of Norman Cross artefacts survive today in local museums, including 800 in Peterborough Museum , and private collections. A collection of model ships made at Norman Cross is on display at Arlington Court in Devon. During December 1804, prisoners Nicholas Deschamps and Jean Roubillard were discovered forging £1 bank notes. Engraved plates of
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#17328513630294278-585: Was 3,300 in October 1804 and the highest was 6,272 on 10 April 1810. Norman Cross was intended to be a model depot providing the most humane treatment of prisoners of war. Sir Rupert George was responsible for the "care and custody" of the French prisoners. Most of the men held in the prison were low-ranking soldiers and sailors, including midshipmen and junior officers, with a small number of privateers . About 100 senior officers and some civilians "of good social standing", mainly passengers on captured ships and
4347-402: Was finally proclaimed with France in 1814, following Napoleon 's defeat and consequent abdication. The prisoners, the garrison guards and local people joined together in celebrations. The first division of 500 prisoners left on 5 April. The Star reported "We are sorry to add that on their way to the sea coast for embarkation, a few indulged in drinking to such excess, that two of them perished in
4416-453: Was inviting tenders for the building of a wall, in August 1807. This may have become known to the prisoners as a major escape attempt was made. About a fortnight ago a formidable attempt was made by the prisoners of war at Norman Cross to effect their escape from confinement. Between ten and eleven o'clock at night a force of 500 of them rushed all at once violently against the interior paling of
4485-631: Was rife among prisoners. A force of Shropshire Militia , a battalion of army reserve, and a volunteer force from Peterborough were required to restrain the prisoners from breaking out during a particular period of defiance. As a boy, the author George Borrow lived at the camp from July 1811 to April 1813 with his father Lieutenant Thomas Borrow of the West Norfolk Militia ; he described the place in Lavengro . Six prisoners escaped in April 1801. Three of them were caught at Boston , Lincolnshire, and
4554-475: Was seized in the night of the 20th, in the Humber , by three French prisoners who had escaped from Norman Cross. In November 1809, two French Navy officers escaped by secreting themselves in the soil carts of the prison, in which they were drawn out of the confines of the depot. In December 1809 an inquest took place on Jean Barthelemy Toohe, a French prisoner of war who, as he was endeavouring to make his escape over
4623-413: Was sent to Norman Cross after refusing to conform to the new reporting rules of his parole at Bridgnorth , where he was staying with his wife, Stéphanie Tascher de La Pagerie (a niece of Empress Joséphine ). After a period, he agreed to follow the reporting requirement and was paroled again. During August 1813, escaped prisoners from Norman Cross were discovered as far away as Hampshire . In July 1810
4692-529: Was taken from Huntingdon Gaol on Friday 16th and executed at Norman Cross in front of the prisoners and the whole garrison. This was the only civil execution at Norman Cross. After the stabbing, the guards, having seen two or three other knives, searched the entire prison and 700 daggers were found. On 24 September 1808, an English sloop of 44 tons called the Margaret Anne (William Tempel, master, of Barton) arrived at Calais , laden with 18 tons of coals. She
4761-543: Was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot". Constructed in 1796–97, it was designed to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars . By 1816, it had been largely demolished. Norman Cross , now in Cambridgeshire , lies south of Peterborough , between the villages of Folksworth , Stilton , and Yaxley . The junction of
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