UFFCULME, a parish in the hundred of BAMPTON,
county of DEVON, 4 miles (Ni E.) from Cullompton,
containing 1979 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Pre-
bendary of Uffculme in the Cathedral Church of Salis-
bury, rated in the king's books at £18. 0. 2. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a. rich wooden screen;
There are places of worship for Baptists and Independents.
UfFculme is a decayed market-town:. fairs are
still, held on the Wednesday in Passion week, June 29th,
and the middle Wednesday in September. During the
last century, a great quantity, of serges were made here,
snd there are still some flannels manufactured The
free grammar school was founded, in 1701, by Nicholas
Ayshford, who gave £ 1200 for its erection and endow-
ment, of which sum £400 was expended in building
the school-house and master's residence. Two boys of
Uffculme, and two of Burlescombe, or. Holcombe-Rogus,
are,entitled to gratuitous education for the dividends
arising from the residue, which amount to about
£46 per annum. Bradfield Hall, in this parish, is a
perfect ancient mansion, containing several curious
apartments, and to whicha chapel was formerly attached.
On a common in the neighbourhood is a place called
Pixy Garden, an ancient earthwork.