Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Dartington at the Domesday Survey (1086), we can trace the barony’s transfer to Robert FitzMartin, son of Martin de Tours, whose family became one of the leadin…

Combe Martin History Blogs

Combe Martin History Blogs
…genealogical embellishments that have accumulated around the figure popularly styled ‘Martin de Tours’. How To Use Our Materials License and Terms of Use: The C…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…British 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, pos…

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…also interrogate and challenge the genealogical embellishments that have accumulated around the figure popularly styled ‘Martin de Tours’. Read the referenced,…

Churches

Churches
, and Robert fitz Martin, the son of Martin de Tours (overlord of Combe Martin after the Norman Conquest). During the medieval period i…