Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Norman Baron Martyn [Martin] de Tours [de Turribus, knight]", after the Norman Conquest in 1066 (The House of Martin &c., 1906, pp. 3-18).  Sanders (Oxford, 19…

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 Martin de Tours; Terry-Thomas, George Ley, or Medieval. Visit Combe Martin  The best view of the village is from the top of our Anglican parish church, where you can take i…

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…[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 Martin de<…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…de Tours a Norman Lord, who had great possessions here in the time of Henry I" (Britannia, posth., 1722, p. 47). Queen Victoria Purchased Combe Martin Silver in 1848 In 184…