Posts Tagged ‘dartmoorprison’
Conan Doyle’s Other Dartmoor Stories: Pt1
Ancient pub names recall our history: modern ones seldom do. There was, though, logic to the 2016 conversion of Ashburton’s ‘Royal Oak’ into the ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’. Doyle’s story defines Dartmoor for millions who will never see it. Potential marketing gold but not always: the pub has, sadly, now closed. Doyle used Dartmoor…
Read MoreCaring for Princetown Churchyard
Dartmoor Prison was built between 1803 and 1815 to house prisoners of war captured in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1812, the prison also housed American prisoners captured in the Anglo-American War of 1812-1815. The construction of the church began in 1812, and it was built by French and American prisoners. This makes St Michael and…
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