Newspaper cuttings from 1806
Exeter Flying Post 19 June 1806
"DARTMOOR TORR ROYAL., June 1st, 1806
AN ENCLOSURE OF 1000 ACRES is opened, to take CATTLE, at ten shillings and sixpence per head for the pasturage of the same, during the summer, until the usual time of driving them off for winter. - Further particulars may be known of Mr. Bennet, Tavistock ; Thomas Lemon, barnstable inn, Oakhampton ; and of the hind on the premises."
"DARTMOOR TORR ROYAL., June 1st, 1806
AN ENCLOSURE OF 1000 ACRES is opened, to take CATTLE, at ten shillings and sixpence per head for the pasturage of the same, during the summer, until the usual time of driving them off for winter. - Further particulars may be known of Mr. Bennet, Tavistock ; Thomas Lemon, barnstable inn, Oakhampton ; and of the hind on the premises."
Summering cattle on Dartmoor seems to have been a more common practice than one might have been led to believe. The "barnstable inn" at "Oakhampton" still exists but is now known as the Pretoria Vaults.
During the rest of 1806 work continued apace on the construction of Dartmoor Prison as the following press cuttings indicate:
Exeter Flying Post 2 October 1806
" DARTMOOR
To MECHANICS
WANTED a number of good CARPENTERS, MASONS, and STONE CUTTERS, used to rough wall work, to whom great wages and steady work will be given. - Apply to the clerk at the buildings, prison of war, Dartmoor, Tor Royal. Sept. 29, 1806.
Royal Cornwall Gazette 11 October 1806
The grand prison of War now building on Dartmoor, under the auspices of the Lord Warden, is likely to give rise to a new town in that hitherto dreary region. Indeed, it is already begun, and it is to be called Prince-town, in compliment to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall.
Hereford Journal 15 October 1806
A new town on the Royal Forest of Dartmoor belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, is progressively rising – it is called Prince Town, being in the neighbourhood of Torr-royal, the residence of --- Tyrwhitt, Esq. being Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Secretary to the Duke of Cornwall, and a Member of Parliament for the Ancient borough of Plymouth.
Leeds Intelligencer 20 October 1806
The grand Prison of War now building on Dartmoor, under the auspices of the Lord Warden, is likely to give rise to a new town in that hitherto dreary region. Indeed it is already begun, and it is to be called Prince-town, in compliment to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall.
Exeter Flying Post 6 November 1806
CARPENTERS WANTED WANTED, TWENTY good CARPENTERS for a winter's work, and a continued employ to the completion of the job, if approved of. Apply at the builder's office, Dartmoor prison of war, near Tor-Royal. Oct. 24th, 1806.
" DARTMOOR
To MECHANICS
WANTED a number of good CARPENTERS, MASONS, and STONE CUTTERS, used to rough wall work, to whom great wages and steady work will be given. - Apply to the clerk at the buildings, prison of war, Dartmoor, Tor Royal. Sept. 29, 1806.
Royal Cornwall Gazette 11 October 1806
The grand prison of War now building on Dartmoor, under the auspices of the Lord Warden, is likely to give rise to a new town in that hitherto dreary region. Indeed, it is already begun, and it is to be called Prince-town, in compliment to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall.
Hereford Journal 15 October 1806
A new town on the Royal Forest of Dartmoor belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, is progressively rising – it is called Prince Town, being in the neighbourhood of Torr-royal, the residence of --- Tyrwhitt, Esq. being Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Secretary to the Duke of Cornwall, and a Member of Parliament for the Ancient borough of Plymouth.
Leeds Intelligencer 20 October 1806
The grand Prison of War now building on Dartmoor, under the auspices of the Lord Warden, is likely to give rise to a new town in that hitherto dreary region. Indeed it is already begun, and it is to be called Prince-town, in compliment to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall.
Exeter Flying Post 6 November 1806
CARPENTERS WANTED WANTED, TWENTY good CARPENTERS for a winter's work, and a continued employ to the completion of the job, if approved of. Apply at the builder's office, Dartmoor prison of war, near Tor-Royal. Oct. 24th, 1806.