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Last year we introduced a new programme of monthly local history talks at the Axminster Heritage Centre. These talks proved to be extremely popular and were well attended.  We are delighted to [...]

Emmy Sheppard To celebrate Women’s History Month this March, we are shining a light on remarkable women either born or connected to Axminster and its surrounding villages. We begin with a lady [...]

Emmy Sheppard To celebrate Women’s History Month this March, we are shining a light on remarkable women either born or connected to Axminster and its surrounding villages. We begin with a lady [...]

Local amateur historian and Axminster Heritage Centre volunteer, David Knapman has been awarded the prestigious W.G Hoskins Prize for his book, ‘Unsteady Progress – A History of Axminster from [...]

Throughout Covid-19 Axminster Heritage Centre’s priority has been to safeguard its volunteers and visitors. On Monday July 19th the government is set to remove all current restrictions but are [...]

As the 14th Century proverb by Chaucer states, ‘All good things must come to an end’ and so it was that last week saw the end of our online ‘Axminster Heritage Blue Plaque [...]

Interested in ‘Gardening for Wildlife?’ Sign up for our online talk on making your garden more habitable for wildlife on Thursday 25th February at 6:30pm. Cost £3.50 with Axminster [...]

If you haven’t already, check out this great article on the Heritage Centre by Axminster Nub News including a podcast featuring our very own volunteer David Knapman, author of [...]

On this day in history in 1860 Axminster Railway Station opened, officially linking the town up to Exeter as part of the London and South Western Railway’s (LSWR) main line between London [...]

WHAT DO THESE TWO BUILDINGS IN AXMINSTER AND OTTERY ST. MARY HAVE IN COMMON?  Image: Axminster Heritage Centre Image courtesy of Sands of Time Consultancy ANSWER:  Bidwell Brothers.   In [...]