Welcome to the web-site of The Hunting of the Earl of Rone.  This annual custom, unique to our village of Combe Martin, on the coast of North Devon, takes place each year over the four days of the Spring Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May, and involves some 600 villagers.

 

We were amazed to find a lot of information already on the web about our custom - much of it totally incorrect - so we decided to put up our own site! A lot of it is still 'under construction', but please browse the site, using the menu on the left, to learn more about this unusual and complex traditional custom, its history and revival, and about our village.  We hope you enjoy it.

From the menu item 'Capturing the Earl' you will be able to see some of the results of the special 2005 project by kids from the village.

Enquiries can be addressed to: The Secretary, Earl of Rone Council, Trafalgar House, Castle Street, Combe Martin, North Devon, England EX34 0JD or e-mail us at secretary@earl-of-rone.org.uk