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2. Thomas Whitty - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Whitty (1713–1792) was an English carpet manufacturer who founded Axminster Carpets in 1755. Whitty was impressed by a large Turkish carpet he saw at Cheapside Market in London, and upon his return to Axminster he used his skills as a weaver to work out how to produce a product of similar quality. After several months work he completed ...

3. Axminster - Wikipedia

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   50°46′52″N 3°00′00″W  /  50.781°N 3.000°W  / 50.781; -3.000. Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth ...

4. Newenham Abbey - Wikipedia

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   Newenham Abbey. Coordinates: 50.7750°N 3.0000°W. Newenham Abbey ( alias Newnham) was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1247 by Reginald II de Mohun (1206–1258) on land within his manor of Axminster in Devon, England. The site of the ruined abbey is a short distance south-west of the town of Axminster.

5. Axminster Carpets - Wikipedia

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   Today, Axminster Carpets is the only manufacturer to purchase, wash, card, spin and dye its own yarn before weaving the carpet itself. [7] To celebrate 250 years of carpet weaving in Axminster, in 2005 a commemorative rug was produced. Paraded by the company's weavers through the town, it was then blessed by the Bishop of Exeter and presented ...

6. List of tool manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   hand tools, air tools, power tools, diagnostic tools, assorted automotive tools Gedore: Remscheid, Germany: Gedore: hand tools Gray Tools: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Gray Tools, Dynamic: Industrial hand tools Griffon Corporation: Ames True Temper: outdoor hand tools [15] King Dick Tools: Birmingham United Kingdom: King Dick: Mechanics tools ...

7. History of Bristol - Wikipedia

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   History of Bristol. The west front of Bristol Cathedral. Bristol is a city with a population of nearly half a million people in south west England, situated between Somerset and Gloucestershire on the tidal River Avon. It has been among the country's largest and most economically and culturally important cities for eight centuries.