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Introduction to Combe Martin
Introduction to Combe Martin
…de Falesia, who held Dartington at the Domesday Survey (1086), we can trace the barony’s transfer to Robert FitzMartin, son of Martin de Tours, whose family bec…
Combe Martin History Blogs
Combe Martin History Blogs
…below, and on every page footer. Our contributors also interrogate, and challenge, the genealogical embellishments that have accumulated around the figure popularly styled ‘Martin de
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…the genealogical embellishments that have accumulated around the figure popularly styled ‘Martin de Tours’. Read the referenced, downloadable paper discussing 'Martin …
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, and Robert fitz Martin, the son of Martin de Tours (overlord of Combe Martin after the Norman Conquest). During the medieval period in England, the national Church played a…
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 <…