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{{Short description|Town and civil parish in Devon, England}} {{Use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name=Cullompton, Devon, the town from the south west (geograph 57332).jpg |static_image_caption=Cullompton: the town from the south west |country= England |official_name= Cullompton |coordinates = {{coord|50.855|-3.393|display=inline,title}} |population = 10,071 |population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]] – parish)<ref name="Census 2021 town" /> |shire_district= [[Mid Devon]] |shire_county= [[Devon]] |region= South West England |constituency_westminster=[[Honiton and Sidmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Honiton and Sidmouth]] |post_town= CULLOMPTON |postcode_district= EX15 |postcode_area= EX |dial_code= 01884 |os_grid_reference= ST020071 }} '''Cullompton''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|'|l|ʌ|m|(|p|)|t|ən}}) is a town and [[civil parish]] in the district of [[Mid Devon]] and the county of [[Devon]], [[England]]. It is {{convert|13|mi}} north-east of [[Exeter]] and lies on the [[River Culm]]. In 2021, the parish as a whole had a population of 10,071,<ref name="Census 2011 town" /> while the built-up area of the town had a population of 9,439.<ref name=2021census>{{Cite web |last = [[Office for National Statistics]] |year = 2011 |url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southwestengland.php?cityid=E35000297 |title = Town population 2011 |access-date = 22 February 2015 |archive-date = 8 May 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190508183435/http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southwestengland.php?cityid=E35000297 |url-status = live }}</ref> The earliest evidence of occupation is from the [[Roman Britain|Roman]] period: there was a fort on the hill above the town and occupation in the current town centre. Columtune was mentioned in [[Alfred the Great]]'s [[Will (law)|will]], which left it to his youngest son [[Æthelweard (son of Alfred)|Æthelweard]] (c. 880–922). In the past, the town's economy had a large component of wool and cloth manufacture, then, later, leather working and paper manufacture. A large proportion of the town's inhabitants are [[Commuting|commuters]], but there is some local manufacturing, including flour and paper mills. It has a monthly [[farmers' market]] held on the second Saturday of every month, which is the oldest event of its kind in the South West. It is home to two grade I [[Listed Building|listed buildings]]: the fifteenth-century St Andrew's parish church and the seventeenth-century house known as The Walronds. The centre of the town is a [[Conservation area (United Kingdom)|conservation area]];<ref name="middevon">{{Cite web |title=Conservation areas |url=https://www.middevon.gov.uk/residents/planning/conservation/conservation-areas/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=MIDDEVON.GOV.UK}}</ref> there are seven grade II*-[[listed building]]s and ninety grade II-listed buildings in the parish. {{TOC limit|limit=3}}
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