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…Monasteries. Benevolent Squire George Ley established the Combe Martin Free School in 1716, and the Ley family educational charity is still operating in Combe…

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn
Go Back The Pack o' Cards Inn Combe Martin (Monument) One of The Most Unusual Hostelries in the World (1 / 1) 1 Banner Example Combe Martin tradition holds that around 1690, George

Combe Martin in 1831-1845

Combe Martin in 1831-1845
…Independents. A school was endowed, in 1733, by George Ley, Esq., with land producing £25 per annum : the premises were rebuilt a few years since, by George

Combe Martin - Visitation 1744

Combe Martin - Visitation 1744
…topographical dictionary (1831-1845) that the Combe Martin charity school for teaching forty children reading, writing, and arithmetic, was endowed in 1733 with a house and land, the gift of G…

Combe Martin Landmarks

Combe Martin Landmarks
…rubble and cob material, this inn represents a full pack of playing cards and dates to around 1690. Shammickite folklore maintains the inn was built by Squire George Ley af…

Combe Martin Community Centre

Combe Martin Community Centre
…Directory (1902) reported that in 1716, the National Boys School was founded here, and endowed by George Ley esq.  In the Episcopal Visitation Returns of 1774, Combe Martin…

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Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
, and it was founded in 1738 by landowning gent George Ley, who endowed it subject to 20s. a year for the poor parishioners. The school was rebuilt about 1820. It was free f…

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…eyes of the law would fall directly to the rector’s warden. This information can be found in MICAH, 2009: The Leadership Structure of an Anglican Congregation. Combe Martin Worthy George

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…- established in 1733 by George Ley - entrusted the master with forty silver sixpences to be allotted to the poor folk. Historian Fred J. Snell attributes this custom to th…