Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Dartington at the Domesday Survey (1086), we can trace the barony’s transfer to Robert FitzMartin, son of Martin de Tours, whose family became one of the leading landholding…

Combe Martin History Blogs

Combe Martin History Blogs
…Manor of Combe Martin. Our contributors also interrogate and challenge the genealogical embellishments that have accumulated around the figure popularly styled ‘Martin de Tours

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…popularly styled ‘Martin de Tours’. Read the referenced, downloadable paper discussing 'Martin de Tours' and Robert fitz Martin. Combe Martin is Pa…

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. Pancras, likely from the Priory of St. Pancras Lewes in East Sussex, and Robert fitz Martin, the son of Martin de Tours (overlord of Combe Martin after the Norman Conquest)…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…reported "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 de <…