Combe Martin FAQ

Combe Martin FAQ
…near County Gate. Medieval Period The village core name is derived from cym and combe, a low and deep valley surrounded by very high hills. The Martin suffix derives from Lord Martin de…

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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…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 sto…

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Churches
…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). During the medieval peri…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…old British toponym 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…