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Combe Martin, the Glossary

Combe Martin is a village, civil parish and former manor on the North Devon coast about east of Ilfracombe.^[1]

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Animatronics

An animatronic is a mechatronic puppet controlled by a machine to move in a fluent way.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB;, AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Barnstaple

Barnstaple is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England.

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Basilica

In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum.

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Brittonic languages

The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; ieithoedd Brythonaidd/Prydeinig; yethow brythonek/predennek; and yezhoù predenek) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family; the other is Goidelic.

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Carnival

Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.

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Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Combe Martin

The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is the Church of England parish church for the village of Combe Martin in North Devon in the UK.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Clara Larter

Clara Ethelinda Larter (27 June 1847 - 13 May 1936) was an English botanist known for her studies of the flora of Devon.

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Continental Europe

Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.

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Cove

A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet.

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Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, originally the Crown Jewels of England, are a collection of royal ceremonial objects kept in the Jewel House at the Tower of London, which include the coronation regalia and vestments worn by British monarchs.

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Damien Hirst

Damien Steven Hirst (né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now North America during the Early Jurassic, about 186 million years ago.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377.

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English feudal barony

In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony"), under which the land-holder owed the service of being one of the king's barons.

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Exmoor

Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England.

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FitzMartin

FitzMartin or Fitz Martin was the surname of a Norman family based in England and Wales between 1085 and 1342.

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Float (parade)

A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle like a truck or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as those of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Carnival in São Paulo, the Carnival of Viareggio, the Maltese Carnival, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, the 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis, the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Hangman cliffs

Hangman cliffs, consisting of Great Hangman and Little Hangman, are near Combe Martin on the north coast of Devon, England, where Exmoor meets the sea.

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Head of the valley

The head of the valley or, less commonly, the valley head, refers to the uppermost part of a valley.

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Henry V of England

Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422.

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Hobby horse

In folklore, a hobby horse is a costumed character that features in some traditional seasonal customs, processions and similar observances around the world.

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Hogback (geology)

In geology and geomorphology, a hogback or hog's back is a long, narrow ridge or a series of hills with a narrow crest and steep slopes of nearly equal inclination on both flanks.

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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (Irish: Aodh Mór Ó Néill; literally Hugh the Great O'Neill; – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord and key figure of the Irish Nine Years' War.

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Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs.

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Liberation of Peter

The liberation of the apostle Peter is an event described in chapter 12 of the Acts of the Apostles, where the apostle Peter is rescued from prison by an angel.

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Macaw

Macaws are a group of New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful, in the tribe Arini.

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Manorialism

Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.

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Market stall

A market stall or a booth is a structure used by merchants to display and house their merchandise in a street market, fairs and conventions.

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Megalosaurus

Megalosaurus (meaning "great lizard", from Greek μέγας, megas, meaning 'big', 'tall' or 'great' and σαῦρος, sauros, meaning 'lizard') is an extinct genus of large carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic Epoch (Bathonian stage, 166 million years ago) of southern England.

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National parks of the United Kingdom

National parks of the United Kingdom (parciau cenedlaethol; pàircean nàiseanta) are 15 areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape across the country.

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Newberry Castle

Newberry Castle is an Iron Age Hill Fort close to Combe Martin in Devon, England.It takes the form of an earthwork hillside enclosure close on an outcrop of a hill on the north eastern shoulder of Newberry Hill at an elevation 110 Metres above Sea Level.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combe_Martin

Also known as Combemartin, Coombe Martin, Coombemartin.

, Velociraptor, Wallaby, Ward (electoral subdivision), Wolf, 2011 United Kingdom census.

Combe Martin, the Glossary

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Beaches of Devon

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