Combe Martin's Old Shops

Combe Martin's Old Shops
Go Back Combe Martin's Old Shops and Businesses Shops adverts contributed by archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley Last modified on May 04, 2025    Combe Martin Events | Combe Martin Silver  Com…

Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century)

Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century
…grateful to Combe Martin's devoted Field Archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley for this contribution dated March 31, 2024. Trevor provided information about John Dovell's Steam Saw Mills and Sh…

Combe Martin Ores and Smelting

Combe Martin Ores and Smelting
…Museum Services dated Combe Martin's slag-rich deposits to the 16th and 17th centuries, based on associated pottery and clay pipe fragments. Combe Martin archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley,…

Ships

Ships
and 1843 in Combe Martin, ships were built by Messrs Dovell and Partridge, at the Steam Saw Mills and Shipyard, sited by the River Umber on what is now Borough Road. Local archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley

Combe Martin Community Centre

Combe Martin Community Centre
…Martin's social and communal life. According to Combe Martin archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley, it may originally have been attached to the Ye Olde George and Dragon public house, which is…

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times
…complex (BBC). During 2001-2002, Field Archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley had helped to find lead-smelting waste in the village (Paynter, S., Historic England). Trevor proposed that the hemp…

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
). It was all buried under three metres of downhill waste from local mining in the 19th century. Mining for silver and other ores in Combe Martin has been described by archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley as

Combe Martin Events and Festivals 2025

Combe Martin Events and Festivals 2025
…from several outlets. Also check with Combe Martin's Pubs> for their upcoming events and music.  We thank local archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley for the Carnival photo from 1956.  Carnival…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…century (Paynter, Claughton, Dunkerley [2010]). While the mines were worked intermittently during the late medieval period, documentary evidence indicates they were most productive in th…

Silver Mining in Devon and Cornwall

Silver Mining in Devon and Cornwall
…Association, 124, 133–152. - Paynter, S., Claughton, P., & Dunkerley, T. (2004). "Residues from lead/silver smelting at Combe Martin." Historical Metallurgy, 38(2), 95–108. - Gerrard, S.…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
) and F. J. Snell (1906), reported these Shammickite rumours in their guidebooks.  Local archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley reports that a medieval Hunting Lodge stood in the Park area of Com…

Churches

Churches
…stray animals. This pound was described in the 1842 tithe assessment as 'waste' (Paynter, Dunkerley and Claughton, 2010). Cottages on Church Street [Figgy Street] are 400 years old. Comb…

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…a lot about gardening and sustainable living from Pete. We thank local archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley who has donated many rare photographs to this project. We also appreciate Trevor's e…