Terms and Conditions of Use

Last modified on November 11, 2024 | First Created on March 29, 2023 |

About This History Project and Website

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Copyright ©2023-2024 All Rights Reserved.

This Combe Martin Village History and Heritage website is a non-profit, non-commercial social project. 

Usage Rights: Licence Terms CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

This stands for Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No-Derivatives 4.0 International. Here’s what it means:

• Attribution (BY): You must give appropriate credit to the original creator.
• NonCommercial (NC): You can’t use our material(s) for any commercial purposes. That means you can't make money from our content or use it any business-related activities.
• NoDerivatives (ND): You can’t change any of our original content material(s) in any way.
• Users can share our content only in its original form.
• You may not suggest in any way that the licensor endorses you or your use of our content.
• 4.0 International: This version of the license is applicable worldwide.

In summary, you can share this creative work and materials freely, as long as you credit the creator, don’t use it commercially, and don’t alter it. Please credit Combe Martin History and Heritage Project as the source if you share or quote any materials from this website. Include a link to the license here: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The licensor does not endorse you or your use of our content.

Website Guidelines

Sharing Our Website
Users are encouraged to share links to our content for non-commercial purposes, including to social media. When sharing, please credit Combe Martin History and Heritage Project as the source. 

Project Management
This platform is managed by the Combe Martin History and Heritage Project and was first published in March 2023 with a secure connection. Our primary focus is on Combe Martin's local history and heritage.

Preservation Goals
Combe Martin faces the important challenge of preserving its social and industrial legacy while safeguarding the physical reminders of its storied past for future generations. 

Community Engagement
We welcome user involvement and are open to exchanging reciprocal links on mutually agreeable terms. For inquiries related to permissions or collaborations, please contact our Site Admin.

Our Mission
Our goals are to preserve local history, inform the public, and foster community engagement. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected.

Ongoing Development
This project serves as a starting point for learning about the story of Combe Martin and will continue to grow and evolve over time with future additions and improvements.

Heritage and Social History 

Heritage and social history are crucial for communities and shared experiences. They provide learning opportunities, support local economies, promote environmental sustainability, and sustain the collective memory.

Lessons drawn from heritage and social history can meaningfully shape contemporary decision-making, public policy, and long-term planning.

Heritage and social history are not just local or regional concerns. They hold broad-ranging value; preserving cultural diversity, advancing scholarly pursuits, promoting human rights, and shaping a more informed and just future. 

What We Do

Neither this website nor any of the team are involved in any commercial activities through this website or for this project. We are not purchasing goods and services, selling merchandise or processing payments. 

While we may promote Combe Martin and North Devon, we are not a tourism website. Our collection of curated, referenced content and original articles, posted in good faith, are copyright © 2023-2024 All Rights Reserved. To a limited extent we may include some hearsay and local folklore.

We welcome contributors from everywhere, including residents of Combe Martin and the local area. We are not affiliated to any other website or organisation. For accuracy, we draw from primary and secondary sources, authoritative antiquaries, academics and records.

While we strive for high standards, our articles are not designed for formal education. We write all our own semi-academic papers, providing evidence to the best of our knowledge. In addition, we sometimes create pictures using AI technology.

Contributions

We do welcome your comments and materials by email. Personal histories, family stories, photos or other primary sources can only enhance this platform, and foster community engagement. Contributors are free to remain anonymous, but we are not processing business enquiries or Spam. 

User Submission Agreement

By submitting your photographs, texts, communications or other media ("Contributions") to us, you agree to the following terms:

• Grant of Rights: You grant us the perpetual, royalty-free right to edit and post your Contributions on this website.

• No Compensation: You understand and agree that you will not receive any payment or compensation for your Contributions.
• Attributions:  Unless You wish to remain anonymous, we will credit your material(s) to you.
• Anonymity: You are free to remain anonymous; please tell us if you do not wish to be identified.
• Data Retention: We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes. After a period of three calendar months, your personal details will be securely deleted.
• Acceptance of Terms: Please do not submit your Contributions unless you accept these terms.

User Anonymity

We support anonymous participation and we will protect user privacy. You are free to choose not to identify yourself in any contributions you make to this website.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We strive to ensure that every individual feels welcomed, included, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and capabilities. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is not just a moral responsibility; it is an imperative that drives innovation, creativity, and success.

General Conduct and Abuse Policy

At Combemartinvillage.co.uk, we strive to foster a welcoming, respectful and inclusive community for all of our users. However, we do not tolerate abusive, harassing, or otherwise harmful behavior.

Users and our website team must adhere to the Terms and Conditions. Attempts to circumvent these rules are prohibited. We do not tolerate illegal or offensive emails, messages, or behaviour. Any such activities will be reported to the appropriate authorities, and necessary actions will be taken to ensure a safe and respectful environment for everyone.

An Overarching Narrative

To allow the reader to gain an understanding of such a broad historical metanarrative: our pages comprise standalone articles, each one exploring aspects of Combe Martin's long and varied story. Our original articles can all be read in isolation but they also form an overarching narrative.

Preserving Combe Martin's History and Heritage

This community history project strives to preserve the written and anecdotal history of Combe Martin, ensuring its availability for future generations. While significant and often damaging changes continue to impact Combe Martin, and local knowledge fades, there is an existential risk of losing its unique social history. Our local architecture, heritage and ancestral stories are of primary importance.

Terms of Use

Our Terms and Conditions of Use are a set of rules and guidelines that govern the use of our website by its users. They outline the rights and responsibilities of both the website owner and the website user.

Copyright automatically grants authors and other creators the right to control the copying and redistribution of their work. This enables them to protect their intellectual property and have authority over how their original content is used. See the article Copyright and Plagiarism at Imperial College.

We welcome items of historic interest but, to avoid security vulnerabilities and risks we do not allow users to upload files to our website. For the same reasons we cannot process or respond to Spam nor to unsolicited business-related enquiries.

Our Research

By sharing our research publicly, our work becomes accessible to a broader audience, including fellow researchers, students, and professionals. We permit the printing and redistribution of our content in its original form, provided you adhere to our terms and conditions (refer to "Re-Use").

Re-Use of Our Content

Our content and intellectual property are Copyright. You may not plagiarise any of our original content/materials in any form. Unauthorized copying or reproduction of our content would constitute copyright infringement. You must not commercially exploit or redistribute our website content.

In any use of our content You must give credit to this website including citations and a direct link to the content/ article(s). Any changes You make, only in a reasonable manner, must be clearly indicated but not in any way that suggests we endorse You or Your use.

Non-Profit

We make no financial profit from this project. The unpaid Webmaster owns the domain name, and is assisted by the voluntary team at Combe Martin History and Heritage Project. We are not currently conducting any business and we are not currently processing any business enquiries.

User Contributions Welcome

Contact Us if you have personal memories of Combe Martin or relevant historical materials, for inclusion on our website. To protect your privacy we will anonymise every contribution we use. Please do not submit personal details, photographs or videos that you do not want to be publicly accessible. 

Disclaimers

Other than research funding, we do not ask for financial donations. Other donations or gains (exclusively historical materials and photographs) are reinvested solely into this website. Currently, we are not conducting any business and we are not processing any business-related enquiries. 

While our website may interest and be useful to a wide audience, it is not specifically a tourist or travel website. We maintain no affiliations with local tourism or businesses, and we are independent of any other websites or organizations.

We will utilise a reputable web-hosting service with a secure connection. We will publish our Privacy Policy with a Cookie Policy, and perform regular modifications and updates to the website. Additionally, we will monitor our site’s security.

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