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Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 43 Send Message	Susan	Report	30 Mar 2011 18:09
	Hi all, anyone know anything much about Dartmoor Prison circa 1911. Thanks Sue
	Researching: Humm, Cheek, Whiskin, Lusty, Jerome, Biggs, Stowers, Teague, Voaden, Webb………….Places, Ardliegh essex, Kent, Bristol, Cardiff, Devon
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 517 Send Message	Perchino	Report	30 Mar 2011 20:29
	Dartmoor Prison History - Prison Museum and Visitor ... main entrance to Dartmoor prison The prison then lay empty until 1850, when ... www.dartmoor-prison.co.uk/history_of_dartmoor_... - 10k
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 43 Send Message	Susan	Report	1 Apr 2011 00:07
	Thanks very much for that.
	Researching: Humm, Cheek, Whiskin, Lusty, Jerome, Biggs, Stowers, Teague, Voaden, Webb………….Places, Ardliegh essex, Kent, Bristol, Cardiff, Devon
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	Carol 430181	Report	1 Apr 2011 11:19
	Susan, my g.g.grandfather who was b. 1760 helped build Dartmoor Prison. A good book about the prison is 'Dartmoor's War Prison & Church 1805-1817' by Elisabeth Stanbrook ISBN 1-870083-45-8 my ancestor Edward Vosper is mentioned in the book. Carol
	Researching: Vosper Cornwall /Devon. Courtney Cornwall. Arundel Cornwall. Godolphin Cornwall. Tremethick Cornwall. Langdon Cornwall/Devon. Buley Devon. Parsons Cornwall. Bains(wish I knew) Samuels London.