Axminster
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England, some 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The community is built on a hill ignoring the River Axe which heads in the direction of the English Channel at Axmouth, and remains in the East Devon local government district. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, boosting to 5,761 at the 2011 census. The town includes 2 selecting wards (community as well as rural) the total amount of both wards being a population of 7,110. The marketplace is still held every Thursday. Axminster provided its name to a sort of rug. An Axminster-type power impend is capable of weaving high quality carpets with numerous varying colours as well as patterns. While Axminster carpets are made in the community by Axminster Carpets Ltd, this type of carpeting is now manufactured around the globe.
