Monument record 8516/1 - Farndon Road Prisoner of War Camp

There was apparently a POW camp 'a mile down the road' from East Farndon, although the exact location is not known. This was probably Farndon Road Camp, Farndon Fields Farm. The camp was located in both Northamptonshire and Leicestershire in WW2, but the county boundary has moved with the expansion of Market Harborough and the site now lies entirely within Leicestershire

{1} Source: Northants W.I. (1992) 'Northamptonshire Within Living Memory' Published by Countryside Books ISBN 1 85306 202 2."There was a PoW camp situated a mile down the road from us at East Farndon and sometimes these Italian, and later German, prisoners would walk in our fields".

{2} "There was a PoW camp situated a mile down the road from us at East Farndon and sometimes these Italian, and later German, prisoners would walk in our fields". Exact location of camp is undetermined.

{3} The PoW camp was in Market Harborough [Leicestershire HER: MLE17359]; not sure if there was something else at this location.

{4} Marked on the 1958 OS map as an 'Agricultural Hostel' half in Northamptonshire and half in Leiecestershire. The site was accepted as a POW camp in 1941. Standard type. It was an Italian POW cmap to 1945 then a German working camp.

<1> Northamptonshire Women's Institute, 1992, Northamptonshire Within Living Memory, p.196 (unchecked) (Chapter). SNN39673.

<2> Cadman G., 2014, 20th Century Military Archaeology in Northamptonshire: Logs 1, 2 & 3, p.8 (unchecked) (Report). SNN104868.

<3> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Melanie Duke, East Farndon Parish Council, Sep 2022 (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<4> Sanders, Malcolm, 2008, WW2 POW Camps in the UK, Camp 49 (Website). SNN115038.

Record last edited

Apr 28 2026 2:19PM