Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn
Last modified on November 20, 2025 Go Back The Pack o' Cards Inn Combe Martin (Monument) HERITAGE LANDMARK EST. 1690s One of The Most Unusual Hostelries in the World Erected by Squire George Ley

Combe Martin Community Centre

Combe Martin Community Centre
as a village school.  Origins and History of the Combe Martin Free School Kelly’s Directory (1902) reports that a National Boys’ School was founded in Combe Martin in 1716, endowed by George Ley Esq

Combe Martin - Visitation 1744

Combe Martin - Visitation 1744
) 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 George Ley, Esq. G…

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 Landmarks

Combe Martin Landmarks
…full pack of playing cards and dates to around 1690.  Shammickite folklore maintains the inn was built by Squire George Ley after his spectacular win at cards.  Formerly The…

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. Pollard also played a significant role in Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. Benevolent Squire George Ley established the Combe Martin Free School in 1716, and th…

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Churches
). Memorials & Monuments Memorials dedicated to George Ley (1716), Judith Ivatt (1634), and William Hancock (1587, marked with brass). WWI and WWII Memorial Cross located in…

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Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
…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, who endowed it subject to…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…the governors of the National School - established in 1733 by George Ley - entrusted the master with forty silver sixpences to be allotted to the poor folk. Historian Fred J…