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"Perhaps being in Marlow was enough" Badvoc of the Trinovantes. David Evans Historic Environment Record Officer (Postal Address) Strategic Planning Policy & Specialist Advice Department of Environment and Community Services PO Box 2081 The Council Offices, Castle Street Thornbury South Gloucestershire BS35 9BP Phone: 01454 863649 fax: 01454 864473 -----Original Message----- From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wise, Julia Sent: 27 January 2012 11:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Friday (early) morning question We have an HER record for a Medieval tithe barn in Marlow (on the Thames) that supposedly housed French prisoners of war in the Napoleonic Wars and was later used as a coal depot before being demolished in 1878. What isn't clear is whether the prisoners were in transit or if the building was actually being used as a prison (as is the local tradition). The cadet branch of the Royal Military Academy was based at Marlow from 1801, so the townspeople may not have been too worried about prisoners' security! Julia Wise Historic Environment Record Officer County Archaeological Service Planning, Environment & Development Buckinghamshire County Council County Hall Aylesbury Bucks HP20 1UY Tel: 01296 382072 Fax: 01296 382823 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/archaeology/Archaeology.page? -----Original Message----- From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Webster Sent: 27 January 2012 08:34 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Friday (early) morning question In a street in Wells, called Guard House Lane, is a plaque erected by the civic society that reads: Guardhouse Lane takes its name from its eighteenth-century guardhouse - the tall building 50 metres down on the right-hand side. The Napoleonic Wars of the late 1790s and early 1800s saw a new warfare of mass armies and large fleets. This made necessary the first serious attempt to house prisoners-of-war in specially built prisons or prison camps, as on Dartmoor or at Norman Cross near Peterborough. Captured French soldiers and sailors were landed at Dorset ports, and marched about 20 miles a day, lodging en route at specially constructed staging-posts. Wells Guardhouse was the last overnight stop for other ranks before reaching the newly enlarged Stapleton Prison at Bristol. Has anyone else come across these - it suggests a semi-national system - but I can find no other information about it/them. Chris Webster Historic Environment Record Somerset County Council Somerset Heritage Centre Brunel Way Taunton TA2 6SF 01823 347434 Online HER: www.somerset.gov.uk/her This communication is intended solely for the person (s) or organisation to whom it is addressed. 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