Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century)

Combe Martin Shipbuilding (19th Century
…Trevor Dunkerley, and researcher Mike Guegan, on John Dovell’s shipyard, sideways launches. We include a unique Shammickite maritime glossary. If you have family records or photographs o…

Combe Martin History Glossary

Combe Martin History Glossary
. Borough Road A road leading to Combe Martin Seaside. Built over the former steam sawmills and shipyards beside the River Umber, central to 19th-century industry. Borough Road Shipyard S…

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…

Memories of Old Combmartin (Shamwick)

Memories of Old Combmartin (Shamwick
…Borough Road, between the site of the 1979 Seaside Stores to the bottom of Seaside Hill. The Umber River banks in the Seaside quarter were lost along with John Dovell's shipyard, and the…

Home

Home
…steam and multipurpose leat named after the local ore pigment, winds through the centre of Combe Martin and flows down to the historic harbour.  Dovell's Victorian Shipyard and Sawmills…

Combe Martin Mills and Milling

Combe Martin Mills and Milling
England lists the Mill Dam site as a Grade 2 structure. Combe Martin Steam Saw Mills  Around the year 1835, local merchant and entrepreneur John Dovell established a steam saw mills and shipyard on the