St Andrew
Cullompton, GB
A church has stood here since Saxon times. After the Norman Conquest of 1066 it belonged to Battle Abbey in Sussex, then the Priory of St Nicholas Exeter who were the Patrons until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. The town dates back to the Roman period, there was a fort on the hill above the town and occupation in the centre. ‘Columtune' was also mentioned in Alfred the Great's will in 872 AD.