Petersfield in Hampshire (and French prisoners of war in the 1790s) [ Law & Order ]
… Archives, Kew. Ref.: ADM 103/551 1795-1797. Abstract The parole town of Petersfield in Hampshire was one of many towns in Britain that held French prisoners of war during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815). With … about France in Hampshire Records Office’ (Winchester: Hampshire County Council, 1998). Petersfield was one of many towns in Britain that accommodated prisoners of war during Britain’s war with Revolutionary France and, over a period of … who wrote letters to the Bonhams can be identified from this register and it is possible that the record keeping of the towns’ clerks may not have been particularly diligent. Image Legend 'Hampshire parole register', The National Archives, …
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