Combe Martin FAQ

Combe Martin FAQ
, and Old Burrow near County Gate. Medieval Period: Origin of the Name The name Combe Martin derives from *combe* (“valley”) and Martin de Tours, a Norman lord granted the ma…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…was one of the maritime places in Devonshire granted by William the Conqueror to Norman Baron Martyn [Martin] de Tours [de Turribus, knight]", after the Norman…

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] Le Sieur Martin de Tours, a man of much worth and assistance to William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy". The guidebook also states that in 1938: "Visitors used a flight of…

Churches

Churches
. 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
. 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 Tours a Norman Lord, wh…