Cullompton Genealogical Records
Cullompton Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may also include places of residence and occupations.
A searchable database of 2,225,292 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
Transcriptions of over 360,000 baptisms from most parishes in the county. Records include parents name and abode.
Over 60,000 transcripts of personal entries in various types of records, including vaccination registers, apprenticeship records, occupational records, poor law records, marriage notice books, returns of deaths, infirmary registers, debtor lists, workhouse birth registers, bastardy records and more.
Cullompton Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They typically the record marital status and residence of the bride and groom and may contain other details.
A searchable database of 1,871,561 records, linked to original images of marriage registers. The records may include fathers' names, age, residence, occupations and more.
Transcriptions of over 270,000 marriages from most parishes in the county.
A searchable database of 367,288 records detailing intentions to marry. Includes digital images of the records and may contain information not included in marriage registers.
Cullompton Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They may include the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
A name index linked to original images of the burial registers of the church. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age residence and more.
A searchable database of 1,666,144 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
Transcriptions of over 225,000 burials from most parishes in the county. Induces the deceased's age.
Cullompton Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
Newspapers Covering Cullompton
Fully text-searchable articles from a local newspaper covering the Taunton district. It includes family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more.
A conservative newspaper covering business, family, legal and other news in the Exeter district.
A politically independent newspaper, covering the affairs of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It includes family notices.
A short regional paper covering local occurrences, business news, family notices and more.
A liberal newspaper covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. It includes family notices.
Cullompton Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to 295,609 wills of people who lived in or were connected to Devon. The wills they reference can contain a great deal of genealogical information.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to thousands of probates and administrations granted by the Diocese and Archdeaconry of Exeter, covering parts of Devon & Cornwall.
An index to over 300,000 Devon wills, admons and inventories from 550 sources. Index contains name, abode, occupation, type of document, year of probate, court, notes and document reference.
Cullompton Immigration & Travel Records
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A lengthy article detailing the practice of moving the needy poor between parishes. Contains examples of settlements, removals and examinations.
The story of a ship heading to Quebec from Plymouth that sank off the coast of Cornwall, killing 194 passengers. Includes information on the crew, passengers and others connected with the event.
An overview of emigration from north Devon to the Americas, with particulars of some who made the journey.
A calendar of prisoners brought before the quarter sessions, with details of their crime and punishment. Contains entries for individuals who were transported.
Cullompton Military Records
Various military lists published in the Exeter Flying Post, particularly lists of deserters, which may list age and physical description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Devon, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Devon, with some service details.
Names from a presumably predominately Devonian war memorial in the former Bible Christian church at Swansea.
Cullompton Court & Legal Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing those who swore loyalty to King George I after the Jacobite Atterbury Plot.
A calendar of cases to be heard before the quarter session that are indictable by nature,.
Two calendars, one of those licensed to carry out trade and the other those brought before the session for cursing.
Cullompton Taxation Records
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Cullompton Land & Property Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
Cullompton Directories & Gazetteers
A list of residents in Tiverton and forty-three adjacent parishes.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Cullompton Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Memorials of a select number of headstones in Devon.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Cullompton Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Cullompton Histories & Books
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A general and parochial history of the county, with sections for each parish.
Numerous articles covering the history of the country, its principle settlements, notable persons, castles and more.
A detailed overview of Devon in 1850, extracted from a directory of that year.
Cullompton School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Cullompton Occupation & Business Records
Background information on women employed by the mining industry in Devon & Cornwall. Includes a database of over 25,000 women and oral histories.
Lists of gamekeepers from the North Devon Journal.
Lists of gamekeepers from the The Western Times.
A series of newspaper articles listing gamekeepers in Devon.
Transcripts of newspaper articles listing the particulars of apprentices who absconded from their master.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Cullompton
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Cullompton Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Three works compiled from 16th and 17th century sources that record Devon families who had the right to bear a coat of arms.
A list of men found by William Camden to have unsubstantiated claims to coats of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Cullompton Church Records
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Prior to civil registration in 1837, the parish registers of Devon are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
A series of questionnaires detailing the ecclesiastical predicament of around 250 parishes in Devon.
A transcript of documents recording those who contributed to the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
A history of the Bible Christians, a denomination of Methodists, in Devon and Cornwall.
Biographical Directories Covering Cullompton
A series of folk tales and detailed biographies of Devonshire men and women.
Biographies of notable Devonians from the Norman period up to the end of the 17th century.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Cullompton Maps
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Maps delineating fields, forests and other land plots in east Devon. Apportionments not included.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Cullompton Reference Works
A series of articles on Devon surnames, including a dictionary of Devon surname definitions.
A guide to locating Devon wills in light of losses incurred during World War II.
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
Historical Description
Collumpton, which, according to Risdon, is "the chiefest place on the river Culme, and was the king's demesne in the Saxon heptarchy. "It principally consists of one long street, containing several houses neatly built, and others of a very mean construction. The turnpike road from Bath and Bristol to Exeter runs through the street, from which some advantages are derived by the town. The several woollen manufactures here carried on give an appearance of commercial importance: they are principally of broad cloths, serges, and kerseymeres.
The church of Collumpton, a large handsome building, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and consisting of a nave, three aisles, chancel, and a lofty tower, is considered as the only ornament to the place. The interior of the roof is very neatly carved and gilt, and the nave is separated by a richly sculptured wood- loft. The aisle on the south side was built by John Lane, a clothier of this town. His bounty is commemorated in the following inscription on his gravestone:
"Hie jacet Johannes Lane, Mercator, hujusque capellae fundator cum Thomasia uxore sua, qui dict Johan obit XV. Feb. annoque Dom millo CCCCCXXVII.
The following inscription appears on the outside of Mr. Lane’s aisle, running round the whole with each word cut on detached stones:
"In honor of God and his blessed Mother Mary, remember the soule of John Lane Wapentake Gustos, Lanarius, and the soule of Thomasine his wife, to have in memory all other their children and friends of your own charity which were founders of this chappie, and here lie in sepulture, the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and six and twenty. God of his grave on both their soules to have mercy, and finally bring them to eternal glory. Amen for charity."
The aisle built by Mr. Lane is of very elegant architecture; and according to an inscription against the east end, was finished in 1552. The windows are large, and the roof is ornamented with rich fan-shaped tracery. On the outside are various sculptured ornaments, emblematic of his profession as a clothier. In this town is a free-school and three Meeting-houses appropriated to Presbyterians, Baptists and Methodists. During the public rejoicing on account of the defeat of the French squadron destined to invade Ireland in 1793, seven houses were burnt down at Collumpton, being set on fire by a rocket falling on the thatched roof of one of them.
Collumpton, in 1821, contained 695 houses, and 3410 inhabitants, mostly employed in trade, manufactures or handicraft.
CULLOMPTON (or Collumpton) is a market town and parish on the old road from Exeter to Bristol, a quarter of a mile west from the station, on the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western railway, 181 ½ miles from London by railway and 161 by road, 12 north-east from Exeter and 8 south-east from Tiverton, in the North Eastern division of the county, Hayridge hundred, Tiverton union and county court district, rural deanery of East Tiverton, and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. A stream of water which runs through the centre of the town was granted by the Abbot of Buckland in 1356, and the grant is now in the possession of the churchwardens. The town is lighted with gas by a limited company, and supplied with water from a spring at Combe Farm about miles distant and a reservoir at Shortlands. The church of St. Andrew is a fine building of stone in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south chapel, west porch, and a lofty embattled western tower, 100 feet high, with highly enriched buttresses, pierced battlements, and numerous crocketed pinnacles, and containing a clock and 8 bells: on the exterior of the tower is a rood, boldly carved in stone, but mutilated: opening into the south aisle is a beautiful chapel, called “Lane’s aisle,” erected by John Lane, Thomasine, his wife, and their family in 1526: the chapel has a rich fan-traceried roof, and on the floor is a slab with brass inscription to the founder, ob. 15 Feb. 1528, and his wife, but the effigies are missing; the capitals of the piers, the walls and buttresses are enriched with the founder’s monogram, merchant’s mark and various devices, and on the outside, along the basement runs a banding of stone with carved invocatory inscription and the date 1526: ask the east end of the south aisle, inside the screen, is another stone, bearing an incised floriated cross, with square crockets on the stem, and an inscription to John Kyng, ob. 9 Oct. 1458, and Joan, his wife: outside the chapel is an altar-tomb to Thomas Flay: in the chancel are memorials to John Webber, vicar, 1461—80; Roger Stockman, vicar of Wisforde, ob. 18 Dec. 1548; John Cole, merchant, ob. 28 Mar. 1564, and Elizabeth, his wife; and James Skinner, merchant, ob. 27 Dec. 1616; and in the church are others to Thomas Crooke, ob. 22 July, 1549, and George Cockram, ob. 21 Jan. 1572, both merchants: the nave has a fine timbered roof, on a carved wall plate with angel corbels, and is richly carved and gilt: there are two parclose screens, that on the north being decorated on both sides with, shields, forming a super cornice, and richly emblazoned with arms: the rood screen, a fine work 54 feet long and in perfect condition, was recoloured and gilt in 1849, and above is an ornamental rood beam, supported by angels: the Golgotha, carved out of the butts of two trees, is now in the porch under the tower, and is hewn and carved to represent rocks bestrewn with skulls and bones: the mortice holes for the crucifix and attendant figures remain: an octagonal turret, on the south-east, contains the rood loft stairs, and the aisles and chapels have elaborately carved and pierced battlements: the organ was rebuilt and enlarged in 1871 by Speechly, of London, and a wall screen and stained windows erected in the chancel; the east window was the gift of Henry Hill esq.; the ethers were presented by Mr. Hill, the late vicar and Mrs. Turner; the church was restored and entirely re-seated in 1849, when a number of interesting wall paintings of the early 15th century were met with on the north wall of the north aisle, on the north wall over the rood loft, and on the arcades: but all these, chiefly figures of saints, have been again whitewashed: the church was further restored during the period 1875—90, at a cost of £1,120 and affords 1,100 sittings. The register dates from the year 1601. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £119, including 11 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Sellwood trustees, and held since 1893 by the Rev. George Forrester B.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Here are Baptist, Unitarian and Wesleyan chapels, and a Brethren’s meeting room in Fore street. The Cemetery, in Tiverton road, comprising an area of about 2 acres, was formed in 1856, and has two mortuary chapels in the Gothic style; since 1894 it has been under the control of the Parish Council. The Town Hall or Sessions House was erected about 1853, and petty sessions are held here every alternate Monday. Here is a paper mill belonging to Messrs. Reed and Smith, and employing about 54 persons; the tanneries of Messrs. Sellwood Brothers and C. B. Ewens and Co. employing over 100; and also a large axle-tree factory, kept by Messrs. Chick and Co. a lace factory and a woollen factory, and in the neighbourhood are several small flour mills. The first market here was granted in 1278, to Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of Devon, and a further grant of a market and fair was made in 1317 to the Abbey of Buckland, to which house the manor then belonged. A market for cattle is held here the first Wednesday in every month, except May and November, which are fair months. The fairs are held in the High street of the town, and commence on the first Wednesday in May and the first Wednesday in November annually. The early closing day is on Thursday at 5 p.m. The charities are of about £220 yearly value, of which £75 is applied for apprenticing and the remainder distributed in clothing and bread. An additional charity has been founded by F. Burrow esq. LL.D, of £10 yearly value, to be applied in the purchase and free distribution of books to parishioners of Cullompton. There are branches of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company, and of Messrs. Stuckey's Banking Co. “The Walronds,” now the property and residence of Frederic Burrow esq. LL.D, one of the coroners for Devon, is a fine Elizabethan mansion of flint and masonry, in the Tudor style; it consists of a central block with wings, and was begun by Sir John Petre kt. M.P. created in 1603, Baron Petre of Writtle, shortly before the death of Queen Elizabeth, and completed in 1605: over the oak mantel-piece in the dining-room is an impaled shield of arms of the Petre family, with initials, and the date 1605. After a time the house passed into the hands of the Portman family, and about 1790 was occupied by Edmund Walrond, of Bradfield, from whom it took its present name. It was next acquired by the Bakers, from whom it was purchased in 1825 by the Rev. John Sydenham, of Cnllompton, and subsequently belonged to his son, the Rev. John Phillip Sydenham, rector of Willand, and afterwards to his eldest son, the Rev. John George Sydenham M.A. on whose death in 1890 the mansion was purchased by the present owner, who had it restored at an expenditure of nearly £1,000, and during the work several windows opening to the courtyard, and containing old glass, were discovered: the entrance hall has massive partitions of black oak on either side, constructed of boards cleft and roughly fashioned with an axe or adze: an oak door on the right leads to the dining-hall, a handsome room about 23 by 18 feet: the walls, from floor to ceiling, are lined with panelling of dark oak, and the ceiling is enriched with a cornice and frieze; there is a wide, open fireplace, with a large moveable iron grate, and over the mantel-piece the shield of arms already alluded to: the floor is of oak, and the walls are hung with portraits of the Shield family: the drawing-room, contained in one of the projecting wings, is also panelled with dark oak, and has a carved frieze running under the cornice all round the room: below each of the three windows is a bench: the carved oak mantel-piece is a magnificent piece of work, containing some fine details of leaves and fruit: the ceiling is beautifully decorated in plaster: within the panelling a secret cupboard, which had evidently not been opened for a great many years, was disclosed in the course of the repairs, and in it were found a number of antique bottles containing liqueurs, and one labelled “Acqua di Felsina and Bologna,” with a finely engraved picture, and still retaining perfume: the room is hung with miniatures and other portraits, including one of the late Mr. Bethell Walrond, of Dulford House; to the left of the entrance hall is the library, formerly the “Justice Room,” with a very old and massive door: in the other wing of the house is a modernized dining-room, with a number of fine old paintings hanging upon the walls: the main staircase, approached through the dining hall, is of old oak, panelled on one side, and having carved oak balusters: the bedroom over the drawing room, approached by a picture-hung passage, has moulded ceiling and a broad and originally very handsome cornice: the state bedroom, in the opposite wing, is the finest room in the building and is approached by an arched doorway of oak, richly carved and ornamented: the ceiling is richly treated and adorned with bosses, surrounded by heads of cherubs: over the fireplace is a shield of arms, similar to that in the dining-hall, and bearing the date 1605; the upper storey consists of attics, now used as store rooms for books and MSS. some of which date from the reign of Queen Elizabeth: the kitchen and housemaid’s pantry are ancient, and the walls of the lobby leading to the kitchen are formed of pieces of black oak, running from floor to ceiling alternating with plaster work between each piece, and lighted by a quaint little window: the walls of the house are of enormous thickness, and huge balks of oak have been used in the construction of the roof and floor joists: and there is a secret staircase (now stopped up) which formerly led from part of the building to the attics: the stairs from the kitchen are spiral, the steps being formed of blocks of oak several inches thick, radiating from a massive oak newel, in which wooden handles are fixed at intervals to assist persons going up and down stairs. Hillersdon House, the residence of William John Alexander Grant esq. J.P. is a large and handsome mansion. On the surrender of the Abbey of Buckland, the manor was held for some time by the St. Leger and Hillersdon families. William Wyndham Grant esq. Wm. John Alexander Grant esq. J.P. Col. The Right Hon. Sir William Hood Walrond bart. P.C., M.P. Charles Robert Sydenham Carew esq. of Tiverton, Frederic Burrow esq. LL.D, and Frank Sellwood esq. are the chief landowners. Frederic Burrow esq. LL.D, is lord of the manor of Aller Peverell, W. J. A. Grant esq. of Hillersdon is lord of the manor of Cullompton and G. J. Cruwys esq. of Cruwys Morchard, is lord of the manor of Upton Weaver. The soil is various; the subsoil is gravel. The area of the parish is 8,148 acres of land and 27 of water; rateable value, £22,065; the population in 1901 was 2,919.
Mutterton is 2 miles south-east; and Ponsford 1 ¼ miles north-west from the town of Cullompton.
Petty Sessions held on every alternate Monday, at Town Hall, Cullompton. The following places are included in Cullompton sub-division:-Blackborough, Bradninch, Broadhembury, Burlescombe, Butterleigh, Clayhidon, Cullompton, Culmstock, Hemyock, Holcombe Rogus, Kentisbeare, Payhembury, Plymtree, Sampford Peverel, Silverton, Uffculme, Willand.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services
St. Andrew's Church, Rev. George Forrester B.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m.. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; 8 a.m.. alternate Sundays & great festivals; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Baptist, 10.30 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. Y.P.C.E. 8 p.m.; Tue. 8 p.m.
Plymouth Brethren Meeting Room, Fore street, 10.30 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Unitarian; 3 p.m. & 6 p.m.
Wesleyan Methodist, Rev. Walter Lee; 10.30 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
National School, Exeter hill, an edifice of brick with stone dressings, in the Elizabethan style, built in 1872 from designs by W. H. Stafford esq. architect, at a cost of £2,000; in 1893—4 the school was enlarged, at a cost of about £500, for 200 boys, 200 girls & 250 infants; average attendance, 178 boys, 178 girls & 145 infants.
Most Common Surnames in Cullompton
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hayridge Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baker | 42 | 1:70 | 1.43% | 6 |
| 2 | White | 38 | 1:77 | 1.39% | 7 |
| 3 | Brooks | 36 | 1:82 | 3.77% | 90 |
| 4 | James | 35 | 1:84 | 2.76% | 46 |
| 5 | Taylor | 31 | 1:95 | 1.25% | 9 |
| 5 | Willis | 31 | 1:95 | 5.15% | 171 |
| 5 | Blackmore | 31 | 1:95 | 2.67% | 56 |
| 8 | Dyer | 30 | 1:98 | 3.35% | 97 |
| 8 | Salter | 30 | 1:98 | 2.69% | 61 |
| 8 | Pring | 30 | 1:98 | 10.24% | 395 |
| 11 | Batten | 28 | 1:105 | 7.91% | 319 |
| 12 | Harris | 26 | 1:113 | 0.67% | 1 |
| 12 | Denner | 26 | 1:113 | 24.30% | 1,066 |
| 14 | Nex | 25 | 1:118 | 67.57% | 2,375 |
| 14 | Ingersent | 25 | 1:118 | 67.57% | 2,375 |
| 16 | Hornsey | 24 | 1:122 | 96.00% | 3,006 |
| 16 | Rutley | 24 | 1:122 | 66.67% | 2,423 |
| 18 | Budd | 23 | 1:128 | 9.43% | 476 |
| 19 | Martin | 22 | 1:134 | 0.83% | 8 |
| 20 | Potter | 21 | 1:140 | 2.92% | 134 |
| 20 | Broom | 21 | 1:140 | 4.45% | 232 |
| 20 | Chick | 21 | 1:140 | 14.69% | 820 |
| 20 | Osmond | 21 | 1:140 | 11.54% | 666 |
| 20 | Luxton | 21 | 1:140 | 2.79% | 121 |
| 20 | Force | 21 | 1:140 | 40.38% | 1,843 |
| 26 | Davey | 20 | 1:147 | 1.00% | 15 |
| 26 | Gunn | 20 | 1:147 | 16.39% | 953 |
| 26 | Gillard | 20 | 1:147 | 2.77% | 129 |
| 29 | Mitchell | 19 | 1:155 | 1.25% | 33 |
| 29 | Lane | 19 | 1:155 | 2.28% | 107 |
| 31 | Sanders | 18 | 1:163 | 0.89% | 14 |
| 31 | Biss | 18 | 1:163 | 40.00% | 2,070 |
| 31 | Trickey | 18 | 1:163 | 9.38% | 625 |
| 31 | Voisey | 18 | 1:163 | 40.00% | 2,070 |
| 35 | Bennett | 17 | 1:173 | 1.03% | 26 |
| 35 | Rowe | 17 | 1:173 | 0.86% | 16 |
| 35 | Walters | 17 | 1:173 | 2.92% | 182 |
| 38 | Davis | 16 | 1:184 | 1.21% | 41 |
| 38 | Harding | 16 | 1:184 | 1.51% | 70 |
| 38 | Coleman | 16 | 1:184 | 4.05% | 282 |
| 38 | Wyatt | 16 | 1:184 | 2.03% | 114 |
| 38 | Fair | 16 | 1:184 | 51.61% | 2,647 |
| 38 | Hawkings | 16 | 1:184 | 8.38% | 628 |
| 44 | Saunders | 15 | 1:196 | 1.49% | 78 |
| 44 | Frost | 15 | 1:196 | 1.93% | 115 |
| 44 | Galpin | 15 | 1:196 | 41.67% | 2,423 |
| 47 | Smith | 14 | 1:210 | 0.41% | 4 |
| 47 | Perkins | 14 | 1:210 | 2.35% | 175 |
| 47 | Keen | 14 | 1:210 | 9.86% | 828 |
| 47 | Sweet | 14 | 1:210 | 7.65% | 663 |
| 47 | Wellington | 14 | 1:210 | 5.71% | 473 |
| 52 | Hill | 13 | 1:226 | 0.40% | 5 |
| 52 | Stone | 13 | 1:226 | 1.00% | 44 |
| 52 | Tucker | 13 | 1:226 | 0.36% | 3 |
| 52 | Norman | 13 | 1:226 | 1.61% | 112 |
| 52 | Quick | 13 | 1:226 | 1.68% | 117 |
| 52 | Sprague | 13 | 1:226 | 4.81% | 426 |
| 52 | Loosemore | 13 | 1:226 | 5.14% | 462 |
| 52 | Labdon | 13 | 1:226 | 23.64% | 1,781 |
| 60 | Reynolds | 12 | 1:245 | 3.00% | 278 |
| 60 | Hart | 12 | 1:245 | 2.43% | 219 |
| 60 | Manley | 12 | 1:245 | 2.23% | 201 |
| 60 | Toogood | 12 | 1:245 | 14.29% | 1,316 |
| 60 | Copp | 12 | 1:245 | 2.43% | 219 |
| 60 | Rew | 12 | 1:245 | 7.74% | 773 |
| 60 | Salway | 12 | 1:245 | 9.68% | 942 |
| 60 | Pearcey | 12 | 1:245 | 17.14% | 1,524 |
| 60 | Drewe | 12 | 1:245 | 16.00% | 1,447 |
| 69 | Knight | 11 | 1:267 | 0.97% | 59 |
| 69 | Palmer | 11 | 1:267 | 0.71% | 31 |
| 69 | Dunn | 11 | 1:267 | 1.27% | 103 |
| 69 | Coles | 11 | 1:267 | 1.21% | 95 |
| 69 | Bale | 11 | 1:267 | 2.73% | 275 |
| 69 | Whitton | 11 | 1:267 | 12.94% | 1,298 |
| 69 | Farrant | 11 | 1:267 | 3.37% | 345 |
| 69 | Denning | 11 | 1:267 | 11.96% | 1,219 |
| 69 | Gribble | 11 | 1:267 | 3.93% | 417 |
| 69 | Pidgeon | 11 | 1:267 | 5.70% | 622 |
| 69 | Vinnicombe | 11 | 1:267 | 5.16% | 556 |
| 69 | Forse | 11 | 1:267 | 39.29% | 2,802 |
| 69 | Upcott | 11 | 1:267 | 25.00% | 2,107 |
| 69 | Goodhind | 11 | 1:267 | 78.57% | 4,290 |
| 83 | Hawkins | 10 | 1:294 | 1.01% | 82 |
| 83 | Burrows | 10 | 1:294 | 3.38% | 386 |
| 83 | Way | 10 | 1:294 | 1.58% | 161 |
| 83 | Percy | 10 | 1:294 | 6.99% | 820 |
| 83 | Kerslake | 10 | 1:294 | 2.42% | 265 |
| 83 | Melhuish | 10 | 1:294 | 2.95% | 329 |
| 83 | Prigg | 10 | 1:294 | 29.41% | 2,503 |
| 83 | Earland | 10 | 1:294 | 25.00% | 2,249 |
| 83 | Potbury | 10 | 1:294 | 34.48% | 2,729 |
| 83 | Foweracre | 10 | 1:294 | 100.00% | 5,368 |
| 93 | Williams | 9 | 1:326 | 0.24% | 2 |
| 93 | Wood | 9 | 1:326 | 0.61% | 35 |
| 93 | Cook | 9 | 1:326 | 0.88% | 76 |
| 93 | Ellis | 9 | 1:326 | 0.47% | 17 |
| 93 | Warren | 9 | 1:326 | 0.64% | 38 |
| 93 | Bull | 9 | 1:326 | 4.64% | 617 |
| 93 | Howe | 9 | 1:326 | 2.32% | 286 |
| 93 | Hodge | 9 | 1:326 | 0.82% | 66 |
| 93 | Jeffery | 9 | 1:326 | 0.93% | 85 |
| 93 | Morrish | 9 | 1:326 | 1.94% | 236 |
| 93 | Ewens | 9 | 1:326 | 17.31% | 1,843 |
| 93 | Palk | 9 | 1:326 | 3.27% | 422 |
| 93 | Bazley | 9 | 1:326 | 10.34% | 1,272 |
| 93 | Tidball | 9 | 1:326 | 12.33% | 1,473 |
| 93 | Dummett | 9 | 1:326 | 20.45% | 2,107 |
| 93 | Stileing | 9 | 1:326 | 100.00% | 5,765 |
| 109 | Cross | 8 | 1:367 | 1.24% | 156 |
| 109 | Perry | 8 | 1:367 | 0.98% | 111 |
| 109 | Rice | 8 | 1:367 | 0.89% | 98 |
| 109 | Bowles | 8 | 1:367 | 9.09% | 1,262 |
| 109 | Haydon | 8 | 1:367 | 2.42% | 340 |
| 109 | Greenslade | 8 | 1:367 | 1.19% | 143 |
| 109 | Chard | 8 | 1:367 | 5.37% | 797 |
| 109 | Milford | 8 | 1:367 | 2.05% | 284 |
| 109 | Cape | 8 | 1:367 | 27.59% | 2,729 |
| 109 | Rugg | 8 | 1:367 | 14.81% | 1,795 |
| 109 | Plumpton | 8 | 1:367 | 100.00% | 6,268 |
| 109 | Manfield | 8 | 1:367 | 17.02% | 1,989 |
| 109 | Willy | 8 | 1:367 | 42.11% | 3,545 |
| 109 | Tatchell | 8 | 1:367 | 100.00% | 6,268 |
| 109 | Curwood | 8 | 1:367 | 13.33% | 1,692 |
| 109 | Discombe | 8 | 1:367 | 6.15% | 905 |
| 109 | Layman | 8 | 1:367 | 20.00% | 2,249 |
| 126 | Edwards | 7 | 1:420 | 0.46% | 32 |
| 126 | Clarke | 7 | 1:420 | 0.47% | 34 |
| 126 | Miller | 7 | 1:420 | 0.70% | 80 |
| 126 | Richards | 7 | 1:420 | 0.31% | 11 |
| 126 | Harvey | 7 | 1:420 | 0.52% | 40 |
| 126 | Grant | 7 | 1:420 | 1.04% | 144 |
| 126 | Bray | 7 | 1:420 | 1.10% | 160 |
| 126 | Godfrey | 7 | 1:420 | 2.06% | 329 |
| 126 | Waller | 7 | 1:420 | 6.86% | 1,107 |
| 126 | Snell | 7 | 1:420 | 0.56% | 48 |
| 126 | Butt | 7 | 1:420 | 3.89% | 674 |
| 126 | Bath | 7 | 1:420 | 6.25% | 1,026 |
| 126 | Burrow | 7 | 1:420 | 2.72% | 459 |
| 126 | Marley | 7 | 1:420 | 5.38% | 905 |
| 126 | Hellier | 7 | 1:420 | 1.92% | 308 |
| 126 | Palfrey | 7 | 1:420 | 3.59% | 612 |
| 126 | Need | 7 | 1:420 | 87.50% | 6,268 |
| 126 | Wolland | 7 | 1:420 | 20.00% | 2,460 |
| 144 | Phillips | 6 | 1:490 | 0.34% | 23 |
| 144 | Mills | 6 | 1:490 | 0.73% | 108 |
| 144 | Andrews | 6 | 1:490 | 0.46% | 42 |
| 144 | Parsons | 6 | 1:490 | 0.50% | 52 |
| 144 | Lawrence | 6 | 1:490 | 2.12% | 413 |
| 144 | Bond | 6 | 1:490 | 0.59% | 74 |
| 144 | Middleton | 6 | 1:490 | 2.71% | 539 |
| 144 | Bryant | 6 | 1:490 | 1.44% | 263 |
| 144 | Manning | 6 | 1:490 | 0.80% | 122 |
| 144 | Farr | 6 | 1:490 | 5.36% | 1,026 |
| 144 | Coombes | 6 | 1:490 | 1.10% | 196 |
| 144 | Glass | 6 | 1:490 | 3.80% | 758 |
| 144 | Land | 6 | 1:490 | 5.88% | 1,107 |
| 144 | Sansom | 6 | 1:490 | 3.53% | 714 |
| 144 | Mortimore | 6 | 1:490 | 1.08% | 189 |
| 144 | Redmond | 6 | 1:490 | 66.67% | 5,765 |
| 144 | Bowerman | 6 | 1:490 | 4.80% | 937 |
| 144 | Sydenham | 6 | 1:490 | 6.32% | 1,184 |
| 144 | Bidgood | 6 | 1:490 | 2.69% | 530 |
| 144 | Prouse | 6 | 1:490 | 2.69% | 530 |
| 144 | Westacott | 6 | 1:490 | 2.53% | 495 |
| 144 | Horsham | 6 | 1:490 | 4.65% | 916 |
| 144 | Mondy | 6 | 1:490 | 33.33% | 3,695 |
| 144 | Membury | 6 | 1:490 | 27.27% | 3,259 |
| 144 | Sillwood | 6 | 1:490 | 50.00% | 4,730 |
| 144 | Drimer | 6 | 1:490 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 170 | Jones | 5 | 1:588 | 0.26% | 18 |
| 170 | Pearce | 5 | 1:588 | 0.39% | 43 |
| 170 | Matthews | 5 | 1:588 | 0.49% | 77 |
| 170 | Elliott | 5 | 1:588 | 0.42% | 54 |
| 170 | Newton | 5 | 1:588 | 0.91% | 192 |
| 170 | Pratt | 5 | 1:588 | 1.07% | 234 |
| 170 | Fry | 5 | 1:588 | 0.99% | 212 |
| 170 | Horn | 5 | 1:588 | 1.06% | 233 |
| 170 | Aldridge | 5 | 1:588 | 7.69% | 1,602 |
| 170 | Moor | 5 | 1:588 | 3.70% | 874 |
| 170 | Down | 5 | 1:588 | 0.44% | 58 |
| 170 | Shore | 5 | 1:588 | 6.67% | 1,447 |
| 170 | Granger | 5 | 1:588 | 6.25% | 1,375 |
| 170 | Huggins | 5 | 1:588 | 5.32% | 1,195 |
| 170 | Chubb | 5 | 1:588 | 1.58% | 354 |
| 170 | Ley | 5 | 1:588 | 0.92% | 198 |
| 170 | Holley | 5 | 1:588 | 13.89% | 2,423 |
| 170 | Panter | 5 | 1:588 | 38.46% | 4,496 |
| 170 | Keates | 5 | 1:588 | 35.71% | 4,290 |
| 170 | Ackland | 5 | 1:588 | 1.58% | 355 |
| 170 | Kingdon | 5 | 1:588 | 1.16% | 257 |
| 170 | Doble | 5 | 1:588 | 1.48% | 333 |
| 170 | Sellick | 5 | 1:588 | 2.07% | 481 |
| 170 | Holcombe | 5 | 1:588 | 5.15% | 1,163 |
| 170 | Ellicott | 5 | 1:588 | 3.14% | 753 |
| 170 | Spurway | 5 | 1:588 | 6.41% | 1,398 |
| 170 | Flay | 5 | 1:588 | 7.94% | 1,641 |
| 170 | Fare | 5 | 1:588 | 31.25% | 3,944 |
| 170 | Yendall | 5 | 1:588 | 8.20% | 1,675 |
| 170 | Crudge | 5 | 1:588 | 10.87% | 2,022 |
| 170 | Lentell | 5 | 1:588 | 23.81% | 3,358 |