Website Summary

Website Summary
…significant role in Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. Benevolent Squire George Ley established the Combe Martin Free School in 1716, and the Ley fam…

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn
…ostentatious standalone townhouse, erected by a squire. This ornamental folly was constructed in 1690 by George Ley Esq., a member of the landed gentry, schoolmaster in Com…

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
, and endowed by George Ley esq. In the Episcopal Visitation Returns of 1774, Combe Martin rector George Gregory raised objections about the management and mora…

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…Atlantic Ocean.  Combe Martin Squire George Ley The Pack o’ Cards Inn on the High Street was constructed as an ornamental townhouse folly in 1690, by district Squire …

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
…attached to it, 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…

Introduction to Combe Martin

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

Churches

Churches
…can be found in MICAH, 2009: The Leadership Structure of an Anglican Congregation. There is a monument to George Ley (squire and benefactor, d.1716) in the north aisle.