But, standing on the great North Road, between the two fields, the one to the right and the other to the left, nothing to distinguish them from the thousands of similar fields in every county of England, the reader will, if this narrative has in a measure aroused in him the interest with which the writer has hoped to inspire him, be able to call up in his mind’s eye the Norman Cross of a hundred years ago. The courts, the caserns, and the various other buildings rise before him; he sees them filled with the Dutch and French sailors and soldiers who for years lived in the one field, and of whom nearly two thousand for ever sleep in the other. The vision fades, and the gazer realises that of it nothing remains but a name, the beautiful works of art made by the prisoners, some musty documents, in the Public Record Office or British Museum, and 1,770 skeletons in the undistinguished field on the North Road. Before him lies the site of Norman Cross Prison, a typical scene of sylvan calm. We pass; the path that each man trod Is dim, or will be dim with woods: What fame is left for human deeds In endless age? it rests with God. APPENDICES Now bear in mind, as thou keep’st jogging, Each one’s a hole to put a cog in; So should the work seem awkward doing, The Appendix wheel sets all a-going. W. HALL, _of Lynn_. CONTENTS PAGE A. REPORT OF THE SURVEY OF THE DEPOT FOR PRISONERS OF 259 WAR AT NORMAN CROSS, 31ST MAY 1813, BY MR. FEARNALL, SURVEYOR B. SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN WOODRIFF, R.N., AGENT AT 265 THE DEPOT, 1799–1802 C. SPECIMENS OF THE ENTRIES RELATING TO THE PRISONERS OF 268 WAR IN THE REGISTERS PRESERVED IN THE RECORD OFFICE D. EXTRACTS FROM PARLIAMENTARY REPORT SUPPLEMENT 1801 TO 271 APPENDIX NO. 59, REPORT OF THE TRANSPORT BOARD TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1798, BEING CORRESPONDENCE WITH FRENCH GOVERNMENT RELATIVE TO PRISONERS OF WAR E. RETURN OF NUMBER OF PRISONERS IN HEALTH OR SICK IN 286 THE VARIOUS PRISONS IN GREAT BRITAIN F. FULL NOMINAL RETURN OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF AT NORMAN 287 CROSS PRISON G. CORRESPONDENCE REFERRING TO THE BISHOP OF MOULINS, 290 LETTERS OF EARL FITZWILLIAM, SIR RUPERT GEORGE, LORD MULGRAVE, AND THE BISHOP, THE LATTER ADDING A BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHY H. PRIVATE REGISTER OF HIS FELLOW PRISONERS AT VERDUN, 312 KEPT, DURING HIS CONFINEMENT THERE, 1804–1814, BY NAVAL CADET JOHN HOPKINSON, WHO WAS LATER RECTOR OF ALWALTON, NEAR PETERBOROUGH, WITH, IN THE LAST COLUMN, NOTES ADDED LATER IN HIS LIFE APPENDIX A A REPORT OF THE SURVEY OF THE DEPOT FOR PRISONERS OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS 31ST MAY 1813 By MR. FEARNALL, Surveyor