The standard history of Cullompton is by
Murray Toogood Foster (1867 - 1953). It began as a paper read at the
meeting of the Devonshire Association held in Cullompton in July 1910
and was published in Transactions of the Devonshire Association, volume
42 (available in Cullompton library). A second, shortened edition was
published in 1964 giving a general history without too much detail. This is now out of print but is available in Cullompton library.
The Rev Watkins Grubb, vicar from 1937 to 1946 wrote a massive history called 'The People, the Parish, and the Parsons, Collumpton in Devonshire'
It runs to 540 pages of A4. He left Cullompton before he had time to
publish it. Much of the material appeared in the church magazines of
1944 and 1945. Those articles were reprinted in 'Old Cullompton' (1986).
Rev Henry Overy, curate 1873 to 1874 wrote extensive 'Notes of Cullompton and its Parish Church'. They were published in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette in 1876 (copies in the library). See also 'Pages from the Past' (1986) and 'Town on the Culm'(1985).
County Directories, 1840 onwards. Copies in the library. They contain interesting detail and lists of addresses of leading inhabitants.
In
1854 an inspector was sent to the town and made a report under Public
Health Act. His report was published and contains details of local
government, roads, lighting, water supply, drainage, burial grounds
etc. Photocopy available in the library.
Lewis Upcott (1851 - 1947) wrote a small work entitled 'Our Vicars'. It was published for the first time in 1985 by David Pugsley.
F.J. Snell wrote three long articles on 'Cullompton - Its Story' which was published by the Devon and Somerset News in March 1933 (Tiverton Museum).
Eleanora Carus-Wilson, Professor of Economic History in the University of London, published an article in Medieval Archaeology vol 1, (1957) pages 104-117 on John Lane. Photocopy in the library.
