1942-44 Wartime savings
1942-44 Wartime savings
Pen portraits
Pen portraits
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the-story-of-axminster-carpets
Tourist Information
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Axminster’s second carpet era
Axminster’s second carpet era In 1937, 101 years after the bankruptcy and sale of the original Whitty carpet factory, carpet making returned to Axminster when Harry Dutfield moved here from [...]
Farming and the Livestock Market
Axminster and the London butter trade, 1780 to 1840 Return to Occupations This section of text draws heavily on Charles Vancouver’s highly informative 1808 report entitled ‘General View of the [...]
Occupations
This section of the website is organised under five main headings, as follows: Farming and the livestock market Pre-industrial wool and weaving Milling Town-centre businesses and professional [...]
Introduction to the history of Axminster
Get Involved
YOU can be involved in our Heritage Centre and be part of making history in Axminster Volunteers Required Why not join us? If you would like to help with… Welcoming people to the Heritage Centre [...]
How is your business dealing with Covid-19?
Quite apart from its health impacts, Covid-19 is dramatically re-shaping the social and economic components of our lives. Now is the time to record these changes, because when restrictions [...]
