Axminster
Axminster is a market town as well as civil parish on the eastern boundary of the area of Devon in England, some 28 miles (45 kilometres) from the county town of Exeter. The community is built on a hillside neglecting the River Axe which heads in the direction of the English Channel at Axmouth, and remains in the East Devon local government area. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, enhancing to 5,761 at the 2011 census. The town includes 2 selecting wards (community as well as country) the total amount of both wards being a population of 7,110. The market is still held every Thursday. Axminster gave its name to a kind of carpeting. An Axminster-type power impend is capable of weaving premium quality carpets with numerous differing colours and patterns. While Axminster carpetings are made in the community by Axminster Carpets Ltd, this kind of rug is now manufactured all over the world.