Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times
Go Back Combe Martin Hemp Archaeology A History of Hemp, Retting and Fulling Last updated on August 14, 2024 | Created in March 29, 2023 | Companion Article: Combe Martin Mil…

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
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Exploring Combe Martin

Exploring Combe Martin
…has been known for: Saxon Settlement to an Anglo-Norman Manor: Communal wool production and the finest hemp industry. Silver Mining: Seven centuries of silver and lead mining from the me…

Combe Martin Mills and Milling

Combe Martin Mills and Milling
: Combe Martin Hemp Archaeology Abstract This article delves into the historical importance of watermills in Combe Martin, North Devon. We highlight the roles of mills and the River Umber…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
, providing employment and income in rural areas like Combe Martin. Moreover, self-sustaining Combe Martin's celebrated hemp industry spanned the Middle Ages to the nineteenth-century. Th…

The Blackmore Country

The Blackmore Country
, it was a great place for hemp, and a project was formed for establishing a port at Hartland entirely on account of this trade. As it was, the shoemakers’ thread manufactured in the neig…

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…Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons. This seminal work noted Combe Martin's past industries, including shoemakers' thread and hemp production, and its silver mines, which were worked from th…

Silver Mining to Strawberries

Silver Mining to Strawberries
…(N.A.A.S).    Combe Martin Industrial History | The Story of Combe Martin Hemp | Silver Mining in Combe Martin |   Last modified on May 25, 2025 In September 1962, P. Allington, B.Sc. (H…

Combe Martin Community Centre

Combe Martin Community Centre
…received care under one roof. They earned their keep by making thread from locally grown hemp (CMLHG, 1997). Functioning as community hubs, charities and markets: medieval church houses…

Lime-burning and Quarrying

Lime-burning and Quarrying
…into allotments until it was purchased by the Parish Council in 1947. Hemp (for Cobblers thread) and strawberries were grown on this land. Lime Burning in Combe Martin Lime-burning began…

Combe Martin Landmarks

Combe Martin Landmarks
…Conqueror granted the manor which to this day bears his name. The neighbouring hills grow the best hemp in Devon, and the crags guarding the harbour are known as the Great and Little Han…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…industry became an early example of industrial decline (Flynn, C.G., The decline and end of the lead mining industry...). Thereafter, hemp production, and extractive industries including…

Smuggling in North Devon

Smuggling in North Devon
…imported from various regions, including timber, hemp, and tallow from the Baltic and America.  Wines and fruits came from the Mediterranean and cattle came from Ireland. Coal, culm, iro…