Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Devonshire granted by William the Conqueror to Norman Baron Martyn [Martin] de Tours [de Turribus, knight]", after the Norman Conquest in 1066 (Th…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…"some old lead-mines [? r. Elizabeth I ?]" at Old Combmartin, and that "the addition of Martin [to the old British toponym Kum or Combe] to the village name, is from Martin…

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Churches

Churches
…chapel of Combe [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