The Blackmore Country

The Blackmore Country
…| Silver Mining | Combe Martin Museum | Combe Martin in The Blackmore Country (1911) Sourced from Frederick John SNELL (1862-1935) | Author of A Book of Exmoor, and North Devon. Title: T…

Combe Martin The Earl of Rone

Combe Martin The Earl of Rone
…played a role in various pagan festivals across different cultures. The Legend of the Earl of 'Rone  Over a century ago, visiting travel-writers Fred J. Snell (1906) and cohort doubted w…

A Comical Court Case

A Comical Court Case
…the Combe Martin Regatta, which took place on August 14th. The Regatta President was Michael B. Snell Esq., J.P. The Chairman was W.J. Delves Esq., C.C. Village history articles and phot…

The English Civil War

The English Civil War
…Martin. In 1911, English historian and artist Frederick J. Snell B.A. recalled reading that 'a Combmartin half-crown of 1645 was sold in an auction room in London, for the sum of £5. 12s…

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times
…- 1603], Combe Martin was a great place for hemp, and a project was formed for establishing a port at Hartland entirely on account of this trade (Snell, F.J., 1911).  Hemp was one of the…

Buzzacott Manor Combe Martin

Buzzacott Manor Combe Martin
…with scroll and strapwork decoration. The central cartouche displays the initials of the then owners (the prominent Snell family, longstanding benefactors to Combe Martin). The lock is s…

Characters

Characters
…publishers Twiss Brothers issued a postcard of his gravestone (see photo below). His memorial stands just a few feet away from the Lych-gate (given by Elizabeth Snell), on the southern g…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Tenant-in-chief. In the early 20th century, antiquarians John Presland and Frederick J. Snell wrote that "pre-Roman Phoenician galleys passed along these coasts, on their way to Cornwall…

Combe Martin Landmarks

Combe Martin Landmarks
…a few years later, adding turrets and intricate windows. The property stayed within the Bowden/Snell lineage for approximately a century. The Snells were a prominent and generous Combe M…

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
. As it was, the shoemakers' thread manufactured in Combe Martin was sufficient to supply the whole of the western counties (Snell, F. J., 1906). Historian and topographer Thomas Westcote…

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn

Combe Martin Pack o' Cards Inn
…donkey. He is mourned by the fool, and heckled by the many spectators.  Secrets of The Pack o' Cards Inn Topographer Frederick J. Snell wrote that mining levels were driven under Combe M…

Home

Home
…Victorian writer Frederick J. Snell (1862-1931), a Somerset born local historian and topographer, and author of The Blackmore Country. Ward, Lock & Co. (Fleet Street, 1938) guidebooks st…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…time, but abandoned by the Crown by 1296 (The Crown Silver Mines &c., pp. 299-308).  The scholar F.J. Snell stated in 1895 that "the mines were known to have been exploited in the reign…

Churches

Churches
…listed as being tiled.  Standing on the south-side of the church, our Lych-gate bears a plaque to say it was dedicated to local dignitary and benefactor Elizabeth Snell, d. 26 March 1888…