Wild Days and Medieval Knights - the secret valley in Haccombe, South Devon where Rev Keble Martin lived and painted

This event is joint with Woodbury History Society

Rev William Keble Martin lived and worked in the parish of Haccombe and Coffinswell in South Devon for many years.  In Haccombe he held the very rare medieval title of Archpriest. He had previously worked in large, busy parishes in the north of England, but when he returned to his family roots in Devon, he suddenly found himself with more time on his hands.  After visiting each parishioner twice in one week, he was gently persuaded that this devotion to duty was far more than his parishioners needed!  So, among the wildflowers in the countryside around Haccombe, he resumed his hobby of painting wildlfowers, and settled down to the monumental task of illustrating all the species in Britain, which was published eventually as his bestselling book, The Concise British Flora in Colour.  

Our speaker Andrew Cooper lives and farms in that…