Axminster, a small old town of Devonshire, on the left bank of the Axe, 27 miles E. of Exeter by rail. The parish church, originally cruciform, retains a good Norman doorway. From 1755 till 1835 Axminster was famous for the manufacture of Turkey and Persian carpets (see CARPETS). Dr Buckland was a native. Pop. (1891) 2809. See Pulman's Book of the Axe (1875).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 617
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