Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times
Go Back Combe Martin Hemp Archaeology A History of Hemp, Retting and Fulling Last updated on August 14, 2024 | Created in March 29, 2023 | Companion Article: Combe Martin Mi…

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
…gained a reputation for excellence far and wide. Beyond its mining and agricultural successes, Combe Martin's extraordinary heritage also includes growing the finest hemp in Elizabethan…

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…Hemp | Medieval TimesCombe Martin Mills and MillingEarly HistoriesSilver Bullion and WarThe Blackmore CountrySmuggling in North DevonThe English Civil WarBattle of Arx Cynwit (Countisbu…

Exploring Combe Martin

Exploring Combe Martin
: Saxon Settlement to an Anglo-Norman Manor: Communal wool production and the finest hemp industry. Silver Mining: Seven centuries of silver and lead mining from the medieval period. Agr…

Combe Martin Mills and Milling

Combe Martin Mills and Milling
…Martin Hemp Archaeology Abstract This article delves into the historical importance of watermills in Combe Martin. We highlight their role in the village’s self-sustenance and agricultu…

The Blackmore Country

The Blackmore Country
…principal interest of Combmartin—namely, its silver mines. In the reign of Elizabeth [r. 1558 until her death in 1603], however, it was a great place for hemp, and a project was formed…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
. Moreover, self-sustaining Combe Martin's celebrated hemp industry spanned the Middle Ages to the nineteenth-century. The local wool trade and hemp industry were particular…

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…production of wool in the Saxon age, and the finest hemp over centuries. From the mid-nineteenth-century to the 1960s: local market gardeners produced and exported a variety of cash cro…

Combe Martin Community Centre

Combe Martin Community Centre
…making thread from locally grown hemp (CMLHG, 1997). Functioning as community hubs, charities and markets: medieval church houses were particularly prevalent in Devon.  From 1662-1800 i…

Lime-burning and Quarrying

Lime-burning and Quarrying
…was purchased by the Parish Council in 1947. Hemp (for Cobblers thread) and strawberries were grown on this land. Lime Burning in Combe Martin Lime-burning began in the sixteenth-centur…

Smuggling in North Devon

Smuggling in North Devon
…Bideford, had become a bustling hub of commercial activity. Large quantities of essential commodities were imported from various regions, including timber, hemp, and tallow from the Bal…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…traces of early industries but also buried the remnants of a large medieval hemp and fulling mill. Charles Kingsley, Canon of Westminster in 1878, called Combe Martin a 'mile-long manst…