Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Martyn [Martin] de Tours [de Turribus, knight]", after the Norman Conquest in 1066 (The House of Martin &c., 1906, pp. 3-18).  Sander…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…"some old lead-mines [? r. Elizabeth I ?]" at Old Combmartin, and that "the addition of Martin [to the old British toponym Kum or Combe] to the village name, is from Martin…

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

Churches

Churches
…Martin de Tours (overlord of Combe Martin after the Norman Conquest). During the medieval period in England, the national Church played a central…