Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Martin de Tours, whose family became one of the leading landholding dynasties in Devon and Wales. The FitzMartins held Dartington — and the manor of Combe in North Devon — f…

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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…the 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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, 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…