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Search for a prison site
- When
- 1796
- Where
- Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire
Abercromby's 1796 communication about 4,000 West Indies prisoners led the Board to seek a new prison site.
When Sir Ralph Abercromby communicated in 1796 that he was transferring 4,000 prisoners from the West Indies, the Board began the search for a site for a new prison. The hamlet of Norman Cross, now in Cambridgeshire, lies south of Peterborough, between the villages of Folksworth, Stilton, and Yaxley.
Sources
- Norman Cross Prison Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-10
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