Combe Martin FAQ

Combe Martin FAQ
. Medieval Period The village core name is derived from cym and combe, a low and deep valley surrounded by very high hills. The Martin suffix derives from Lord Martin d…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Authoritative historian William G.W. Watson reported "good evidence that Combe Martin was one of the maritime places in Devonshire granted by William the Conqueror to Norman Baron Martyn…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…toponym Kum or Combe] to the village name, is from Martin de Tours a Norman Lord, who had great possessions here in the time of Henry I" (Britannia, posth., 172…

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…the village core name is "derived from combe, a low and deep valley surrounded by very high hills". The Martin suffix "derives from [Norman lord] Le Sieur Martin de

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…fitz Martin, the son of Martin de Tours (overlord of Combe Martin after the Norman Conquest). During the medieval period in England, t…