Combe Martin's Old Shops

Combe Martin's Old Shops
Go Back Combe Martin's Old Shops and Businesses Shops adverts contributed by archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley Last modified on May 04, 2025    Combe Martin Events | Combe Marti…

Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century)

Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century
…are grateful to Combe Martin's devoted Field Archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley for this contribution dated March 31, 2024. Trevor provided information about John D…

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times
…complex (BBC). During 2001-2002, Field Archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley had helped to find lead-smelting waste in the village (Paynter, S., Historic England). Trevor

Ships

Ships
and 1843 in Combe Martin, ships were built by Messrs Dovell and Partridge, at the Steam Saw Mills and Shipyard, sited by the River Umber on what is now Borough Road. Local archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley

Combe Martin Community Centre

Combe Martin Community Centre
…Martin's social and communal life. According to Combe Martin archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley, it may originally have been attached to the Ye Olde George and Dragon public hou…

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
…been described by archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley as “boom and bust”; hit and miss. Local people had to support themselves by other means. In this case the archaeologists fou…

Combe Martin Ores and Smelting

Combe Martin Ores and Smelting
…Museum Services dated Combe Martin's slag-rich deposits to the 16th and 17th centuries, based on associated pottery and clay pipe fragments. Combe Martin archaeologist Trevor Dunke…

Combe Martin Events and Festivals 2025

Combe Martin Events and Festivals 2025
…archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley for the Carnival photo from 1956.  Carnival Flashback - Do you recognise any local names in this local news item from 1945? Download the List˃…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…roof with gabled ends.  In 2004, a significant collection of pottery sherds was discovered at the Mine Tenement (Dunkerley, T., 2004, SDV339645). Reported by local archaeologist Tr…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…great hall] here." Two different topographers, Rev. George Tugwell (1863) and F. J. Snell (1906), reported these Shammickite rumours in their guidebooks.  Local archaeologist Trevor

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…his workshops and videos on YouTube> We can learn a lot about gardening and sustainable living from Pete. We thank local archaeologist Trevor Dunkerley who has donated many…