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Dartmoor Prison Cemetery

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Location	:	Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, England
Description	:	Dartmoor Prison was an English prison, at Princetown, Devonshire, England, built (1806–9) to house French captives during the Napoleonic Wars. During the War of 1812 many American prisoners were confined there, and their brutal mistreatment was investigated after the war by an Anglo-American commission that awarded compensation to the families of those who had died there. Between 1812 and 1816 about 1,500 American and French prisoners died in the prison and were buried in a field beyond the prison walls. Unoccupied for over 30 years, Dartmoor was reopened in 1850 as a civilian prison for convicts sentenced to long... Read More	Dartmoor Prison was an English prison, at Princetown, Devonshire, England, built (1806–9) to house French captives during the Napoleonic Wars. During the War of 1812 many American prisoners were confined there, and their brutal mistreatment was investigated after the war by an Anglo-American commission that awarded compensation to the families of those who had died there. Between 1812 and 1816 about 1,500 American and French prisoners died in the prison and were buried in a field beyond the prison walls. Unoccupied for over 30 years, Dartmoor was reopened in 1850 as a civilian prison for convicts sentenced to long terms of imprisonment or to hard labor.

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1. Boasley Methodist Church Cemetery
Bratton Clovelly, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.4962980, -4.1305260

2. St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Bratton Clovelly, West Devon Borough, England

3. St Andrews Churchyard
Coryton, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.4951167, -4.1302055

4. St John the Baptist Churchyard
Hatherleigh, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.7260170, -4.2131190

5. St Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Kelly, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.8556200, -4.0344300

6. Meeth Parish Church
Meeth, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.6427200, -4.2839200

7. St. Michael's Churchyard
Meeth, West Devon Borough, England

8. St. Peter's Churchyard
Peter Tavy, West Devon Borough, England

9. St Thomas a' Becket
Sourton, West Devon Borough, England

10. Sticklepath Quaker Burying Ground
Sticklepath, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.7947940, -3.9418070

11. Providence Methodist Church
Wonson, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.5617270, -4.2604490

12. Saint James Churchyard
Bondleigh, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.5128201, -4.0652793

13. Buckland Monachorum Village Cemetery
Buckland Monachorum, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.4962980, -4.1305260

14. Buckland Monochorum Parish Churchyard
Buckland Monachorum, West Devon Borough, England

15. Saint Andrew's Churchyard
Buckland Monachorum, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.4951167, -4.1302055

16. Germansweek
Germansweek, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.7260170, -4.2131190

17. St James
Iddesleigh, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.8556200, -4.0344300

18. Saint Mary's Church Cemetery
Lifton, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.6427200, -4.2839200

19. St. Constantine Churchyard
Milton Abbot, West Devon Borough, England

21. St. Thomas of Canterbury Churchyard
Northlew, West Devon Borough, England

22. Saint Andrew Churchyard
Sampford Courtenay, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.7947940, -3.9418070

23. St Mary
Sydenham Damerel, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.5617270, -4.2604490

24. St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Walkhampton, West Devon Borough, England
Coordinate: 50.5128201, -4.0652793