The Napoleonic Prison Camp of Norman Cross

The Prison Camp at Norman Cross, near Peterborough, was constructed during the Napoleonic Wars between 1797 and 1815 to hold French and Dutch prisoners of war. The Norman Cross collection at Peterborough Museum is considered both the largest and finest collection of such items in the world, the museum displays objects of carved bone, wood and ivory, including model ships, guillotines, needlework boxes, playing cards and articles of straw marquetry.