Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn
…ostentatious standalone townhouse, erected by a squire. This ornamental folly was constructed in 1690 by George Ley Esq., a member of the landed gentry, schoolmaster in Com…

Combe Martin in 1831-1845

Combe Martin in 1831-1845
…Independents. A school was endowed, in 1733, by George Ley, Esq., with land producing £25 per annum : the premises were rebuilt a few years since, by George

Combe Martin - Visitation 1744

Combe Martin - Visitation 1744
…topographical dictionary (1831-1845) that the Combe Martin charity school for teaching forty children reading, writing, and arithmetic, was endowed in 1733 with a house and land, the gift of G…

Combe Martin Landmarks

Combe Martin Landmarks
…rubble and cob material, this inn represents a full pack of playing cards and dates to around 1690. Shammickite folklore maintains the inn was built by Squire George Ley af…

Combe Martin Community Centre

Combe Martin Community Centre
, and endowed by George Ley esq. In the Episcopal Visitation Returns of 1774, Combe Martin rector George Gregory raised objections about the management and mora…

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…‘Shamwick’.  Combe Martin Squire George Ley The Pack o’ Cards Inn on the High Street was constructed as an ornamental townhouse folly in 1690, by George …

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
). Combe Martin During George III In 1850, the Free School had half an acre of land attached to it, and it was founded in 1738 by landowning gent George Ley, wh…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…George Ley - entrusted the master with forty silver sixpences to be allotted to the poor folk. Historian Fred J. Snell attributes this custom to the bequest of George…

Churches

Churches
…can be found in MICAH, 2009: The Leadership Structure of an Anglican Congregation. There is a monument to George Ley (squire and benefactor, d.1716) in the north aisle.