Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Martin. Beginning with William de Falesia, who held Dartington at the Domesday Survey (1086), we can trace the barony’s transfer to Robert FitzMartin, son of Martin de

Combe Martin History Blogs

Combe Martin History Blogs
…genealogical embellishments that have accumulated around the figure popularly styled ‘Martin de Tours’. License and Terms of Use: The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license | © CMVHP 2023-…

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…challenge the genealogical embellishments that have accumulated around the figure popularly styled ‘Martin de Tours’. Read the referenced, downloadable paper discussing 'Mar…

Churches

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, 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 central role in both sp…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
 Kum or Combe] to the village name, is from Martin de Tours a Norman Lord, who had great possessions here in the time of Henry I" (Britannia, posth., 1722, p. 47). According…