Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…to Norman Baron Martyn [Martin] de Tours [de Turribus, knight]", after the Norman Conquest in 1066 (The House of Martin &c., 1906, pp. 3-18).  Sanders (Oxford,…

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…range of specific terms, such as #Silver, Iron, or Earl of Rone. Try searching for Martin de Tours; Author, or Medieval. Discover Combe Martin Set in #NorthDevon with its r…

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…[capella de Cumba]. The dispute involved the monks of St Pancras, probably at the prestigious Cluniac Lewes Priory, and Robert fitz Martin, son of Combe Martin overlord Martin de<…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…British toponym Kum or Combe] to the village name, is from Martin de Tours a Norman Lord, who had great possessions here in the time of Henry I" (Britannia, posth., 1722, p…