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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Lily Shanagher

RARE PHOTOS: Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under field bought from farmer | Vintage Vibes

The site of the Norman Cross prisoner of war camp, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, which has been saved for future generations by a partnership between Historic England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Nene Park Trust (Historic England/PA) - (PA Media)

A Napoleonic prisoner of war camp buried under a field in Cambridgeshire has been bought by a trust with the intention of preserving it as a historic site.

Norman Cross, the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp, was privately owned by a farmer, and has been bought by Nene Park Trust.

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