Axminster
Axminster is a market community and civil parish on the eastern border of the region of Devon in England, some 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The town is improved a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads in the direction of the English Channel at Axmouth, as well as is in the East Devon local government area. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, increasing to 5,761 at the 2011 census. The community contains 2 electoral wards (community and also rural) the complete sum of both wards being a population of 7,110. The marketplace is still held every Thursday. Axminster offered its name to a type of carpet. An Axminster-type power loom can weaving high quality carpetings with many differing colours and patterns. While Axminster rugs are made in the community by Axminster Carpets Ltd, this sort of carpeting is now manufactured around the world.
