What is Cullompton?
[[File:St Andrew, Cullompton, Devon - geograph.org.uk - 1726149.jpg|thumb|St Andrew's Church]] '''Cullompton''' is a town and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Mid Devon]], [[Devon]], England. In 2010 there were 8,639 people living in Cullompton.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/improving_our_services/facts_figures_and_statistics/factsandfigures/thepeople/peopleestandproj/peoplepopestimates/peoplepopulationestandproestimatescullompton.htm | publisher= Devon County Council | work= Population estimates | title= FHSA estimates, Cullompton 2010 | access-date= 5 March 2011 | archive-date= 6 April 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120406033403/http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/improving_our_services/facts_figures_and_statistics/factsandfigures/thepeople/peopleestandproj/peoplepopestimates/peoplepopulationestandproestimatescullompton.htm | url-status= dead }}</ref> It is also near Cullompton Services, on the [[M5 motorway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motorwayservices.info/cullompton_services_m5|title=Cullompton Services M5|first=Good|last=Stuff|website=www.motorwayservices.info|access-date=2011-06-17|archive-date=2011-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509040353/http://www.motorwayservices.info/cullompton_services_m5|url-status=dead}}</ref> == How the town got its name and spelling == There are two ideas about how the town got its name. The first idea is that its name means [[farm]] near the [[River Culm]] and that the name ''Culm'' means twisted, because the river has lots of bends<ref>{{cite book | last = Hesketh | first = Robert | title = Devon Placenames | url = https://archive.org/details/devonplacenames0000hesk | publisher = Bossiney Books | year = 2008 | location = [[Launceston, Cornwall|Launceston]] | isbn =978-1-899383-98-6 }}</ref> The second idea is that it is named after [[Columba of Terryglass|Saint Columba of Tir-de-Glas]] who some people think came to Cullompton in 549 AD.<ref>{{Citation | last = Gr