Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
 reported "good evidence that Combe Martin was one of the maritime places in Devonshire granted by William the Conqueror to Norman Baron Martyn [Martin] de Tours [de

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Churches

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…chapel of Combe [capella de Cumba]. The dispute involved the monks of St Pancras, probably at the prestigious Cluniac Lewes Priory, and Robert fitz Martin, son of Combe Martin overlord…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…"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 Tou…