Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815 / A record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Frontispiece Plait Merchants trading with the French Prisoners of War at Norman Cross From a painting by A. C. Cooke in the Town Hall, Luton
FRANCIS ABELL
HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW
NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY
1914
OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
Two influences have urged me to make a study of the subject of the prisoners of war in Britain.
Francis Abell
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Winchester
Roscrow and Kergilliack, near Penryn, Cornwall
Shrewsbury
Yarmouth
Edinburgh
Selkirk
Peebles
Sanquhar
Dumfries
Melrose
Jedburgh
Hawick
Lauder
Lockerbie and Lochmaben
In Montgomeryshire
In Pembrokeshire
In Monmouthshire
In Brecknockshire
Bedale, Yorkshire
Derby
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Chesterfield
Oswestry
Leek
Alresford
Thame
Wincanton
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashburton, Devon
Tavistock
Okehampton
Odiham
Leicester
Tragic Events
International Courtesies
(1) Some Distinguished Prisoners of War
(2) Some Statistics
(3) Epitaphs of Prisoners
INDEX
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES