 In 1920 , a public company was formed to provide an electricity supply for Cullompton which merged with the Bradninch Electricity Company in 1927 to form the Culm Valley Electricity Supply Co . Ltd . A gasworks was set up in Cullompton in 1865 for the Cullompton Gas Light and Coke Co . This was taken over by the Devon Gas Association and nationalised in 1949 . The gasworks was closed in 1956 and Cullompton was then supplied from Exeter . 
