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Combe Martin

In II. Kingsley, Rev. Canon, 1849: Notes on Slips connected with Devonshire. Pt III.

By W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. etc

Trans. Devon Assoc., 1879, Vol XI, pp. 360-363.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The author makes a reasonably strong case suggesting that there is no evidence:
A. That the silver mines of Combe-Martin were worked seven hundred years ago, or, indeed, earlier than the 13th century.
B. That silver-mining at Combe-Martin has, on the whole, been fruitless.
C. That Combe-Martin ever sent a member to parliament.
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