CULMSTOCK, a parish in the hundred of HEMYOCK,
county of DEVON, 7 miles (N. B.) from Cullompton,
containing 1357 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, rated in
the king's books at £16. The church, dedicated to
All Saints, contains a handsome stone screen with a
doorway enriched and canopied with foliage. There
are meeting-houses for Baptists, the Society of Friends,
and Wesleyan Methodists. Fairs for cattle are held on
the 21st of May, and the Wednesday before September
29th. Here is a small endowed school.