Combe Martin in 1878-1879

Combe Martin in 1878-1879
…published before 1923 . William White (1879): History, Gazetteer and Directory of The County of Devon including the City of Exeter, and Comprising a General Survey of The Co…

Characters

Characters
…Corelli's The Mighty Atom, in the churchyard of St Peter ad Vincula at Combe Martin, North Devon: image. White, William: History, gazetteer and directory of the County of De…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…Nineteenth-Century William White’s History and Gazetteer of Devon published in 1879 (pp. 234-235), states that in Combe Martin Parish were 1454 acres of open commons and hilly moorland.…

Churches

Churches
. White, William: History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Devon including the City of Exeter&c (archived). Sheffield: W. White (1878-1879). Whyte,

Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century)

Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century
. Moore states that William Lewis, a carpenter and fisherman during the 1870s, is said to have built several boats beside Hele Bay beach, including one called the Saucy Lass. Photographs…

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…Directory and Gazetteer of Devon (1878-1879) The village was gazetted by William White, a notable 19th-century publisher known for his comprehensive directories and gazettee…

Lime-burning and Quarrying

Lime-burning and Quarrying
…structure used historically to produce lime for agriculture and building. This harbour kiln was sketched by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1811 (Tate). Its placement at the harbour, by…

The Blackmore Country

The Blackmore Country
…bargained for half the profit. Each partner realised £10,000. The owner of the land, Richard Roberts, who happens to have been Westcote’s father-in-law, presented William Bourchier, Earl…

Combe Martin Landmarks

Combe Martin Landmarks
…folklore maintains the inn was built by Squire George Ley after his spectacular win at cards.  Formerly The King's Arms Family and Commercial Hotel until June 1933, this classic William…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…the silver" (Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, Amery and Brooking-Rowe: Vol. 1, 1901, p. 173). According to William White’s Directory of Devon (1878-1879), published in Sheffield by…

Smuggling in North Devon

Smuggling in North Devon
 Country: infamous freebooters John Avery, Henry Every, and William Kidd operated during the 17th and 18th-centuries. Such freebooters captured the public's imagination, and folklore has …

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
…population of Combmartin put the land to good use. White states that unsuccessful attempts were made to work Combmartin's silver mines with profit about 1800, 1813, and 1817. They were r…

Combe Martin History Blogs

Combe Martin History Blogs
…research. The Antiquarian — symbolic of historical scholarship and archival writing. Black-and-white illustration of a man in period attire writing with a quill at a candlelit desk, surr…

Battle of Arx Cynwit (Countisbury) 878 CE

Battle of Arx Cynwit (Countisbury) 878 CE
-Saxon England in the 860s.”  Landscape historian William G. Hoskins CBE FBA, in his influential and comprehensive study: A New Survey of England – Devon (1954), states that “the precise…