Axminster
Axminster is a market town as well as civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England, some 28 miles (45 kilometres) from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hillside forgeting the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government area. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, boosting to 5,761 at the 2011 census. The community has two selecting wards (town and also country) the total amount of both wards being a population of 7,110. The marketplace is still held every Thursday. Axminster offered its name to a sort of carpet. An Axminster-type power impend is capable of weaving top quality carpetings with numerous varying colours and also patterns. While Axminster carpetings are made in the community by Axminster Carpets Ltd, this sort of rug is currently manufactured throughout the world.
