22-2196: Shute may refer to: Places [ edit ] Shute, Devon , village in East Devon, near Axminster Shute, Mid Devon , a location in Devon, England Shute Harbour , Australia Shute Park (Oregon) , park in Hillsboro, Oregon People with the surname [ edit ] Attwood Shute , mayor of Philadelphia Sir Cameron Shute (1866–1936), British Army general Sir Charles Cameron Shute (1816–1904), British army general and Conservative Party politician David Shute , British journalist David Shute (born 1971), American Ice hockey player Denny Shute (1904–1974), American golfer Evan Shute (1905-1978), Canadian obstetrician, poet and writer Gareth Shute (born 1973), New Zealand author, musician and journalist Henry Shute (1856–1943), American lawyer Jackie Shute (1901–1988), Australian rugby union player Jenefer Shute , South African writer Jermaine Shute (born 1984), American rapper and businessman, better known as Starlito John Shute (architect) (died 1563), English artist and architect John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington , born John Shute (1678–1734), English lawyer and theologian John W. Shute (1840–1922), American banker Sir John Shute (politician) (1873–1948), British army officer, businessman and conservative politician Josias Shute (1588–1643), English churchman Michael Shute (1951–2020), Canadian scholar Nerina Shute (1908–2004), British writer and journalist Nevil Shute , pen-name of Nevil Shute Norway (1899–1960), popular novelist and aeronautical engineer Percy George Shute (1894–1977), English malariologist and entomologist Phil Shute (born 1953), English footballer Richard Shute (1849–1886), British classicist and logician Robert Shute (died 1590), English judge and politician Robert Shute (died 1621) , English lawyer and politician Samuel Shute (1662–1742), English military officer and royal governor of
44-703: A community radio station which broadcast to the town on 94.6 FM. The town is served by the local newspaper, Midweek Herald. Axminster is at the crossroads of the A358 , which links with the A303 at Ilminster , and the A35 from Southampton to Honiton , which has been diverted by a bypass to the south of the town. Axminster railway station is on the West of England Main Line that runs from Exeter via Salisbury to London Waterloo . Axminster
66-566: A hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth , and is in the East Devon local government district. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, increasing to 5,761 at the 2011 census . The town contains two electoral wards (town and rural) whose combined population is 7,110. The market is still held every Thursday. Axminster gave its name to
88-598: A library, several churches and a museum of local history. Shops include three supermarkets, and several independent retailers. Axminster Guildhall is a municipal building which is currently used as an events venue. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC South West and ITV West Country . Television signals are received from the Stockland Hill TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Devon on 95.8 FM, Heart West on 97 FM, Greatest Hits Radio South West on 106.7 FM, and East Devon Radio ,
110-516: A type of carpet . An Axminster-type power loom is capable of weaving high-quality carpets with many varying colours and patterns. While Axminster carpets are made in the town by Axminster Carpets Ltd , this type of carpet is now manufactured all over the world as well. The town dates back to the Celtic times of around 300 BC. It lies on two major Roman roads : the Fosse Way from Lincoln to Seaton , and
132-543: Is a village, parish and former manor located 3 miles (5 km) west of Axminster in East Devon , off the A35 road . It is surrounded by farmland and woodland beneath 163-metre (535') Shute Hill. St Michael's Church dates from the 13th Century and contains many monuments to the Pole family, including a marble statue of Sir William Pole, 4th Baronet (1678-1741), Master of the Household to Queen Anne. A later 19th. century member of
154-644: Is the name given to the historic route used to carry dispatches with the news of the Battle of Trafalgar overland from Falmouth, Cornwall , to the Admiralty in London in 1805, There is a plaque commemorating this fact in the town centre. Part of the parish of Axminster had historically been an exclave of Dorset until the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 , when it was fully incorporated into Devon. Axminster railway station
176-730: The Bluebell Line , in Sussex , while the station was dismantled and reconstructed at New Alresford , on the Watercress Line , in Hampshire . Axminster is the southern starting point of the Taunton Stop Line , a World War II defensive line consisting of pillboxes and anti-tank obstacles, which runs north to the Somerset coast near Highbridge . Nearby Kilmington was used as a location for
198-561: The Dorchester to Exeter road. There was a Roman fort on the crossroads at Woodbury Farm , just south of the present town. Axminster appears on the Peutinger Map , one of only 15 British towns on that Roman era map. Axminster was recorded in the late 9th century as Ascanmynster and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Aixeministra . The name means "monastery or large church by
220-525: The 1998 LWT adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles . The celebrity chef and TV presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has his River Cottage HQ at a 60-acre (24 ha) farm in the Axe valley. His "River Cottage Canteen" was until 2021 located in the premises of the New Commercial Inn, owned by Palmer's Brewery of Bridport, and which housed the ballroom of the town. The hamlet of Abbey Gate lies to
242-458: The River Axe" and is a mixture of languages; the river name Axe has Celtic origins and mynster is an Old English word. There was allegedly a castle in the town, as reported in the 1600s by Sir William Pole, and believed to have been close to the current Market Square. The later history of the town is very much linked to the carpet industry, started by Thomas Whitty at Court House near
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#1732859149299264-471: The Shute Theatre and Arts Guild (STAG). The church was slightly altered to accommodate a permanent stage and extra power was bought in for stage lighting. STAG perform regular productions in the church and in nearby Kilmington Village Hall to this day. The village was the scene of the murder of 84-year-old Ivy Batten in 1987. The immediate village of Shute, with around only 150 residents, as opposed to
286-414: The church in 1755. The completion of the early hand-tufted carpets was marked by a peal of bells from the parish church as it took a great amount of time and labour to complete them. Axminster carpets continue to this day providing carpets for Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and other royal buildings. In 1210, a charter was granted to the town that included the right to hold a weekly cattle market; this
308-548: The family, Margaret Pole, is commemorated by an alabaster sculptured panel depicting her greeting her daughters at the gates of heaven. There exist within the parish the two former Pole Family Manor Houses of Old Shute House (or Shute Barton ), a historic mediaeval house, now owned by the National Trust , and the Georgian New Shute House , privately owned. In 1981 the vicar of St Michael's and his wife founded
330-464: The provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire Samuel Addison Shute and Ruth Whittier Shute (1803–1836 and 1803–1882), American artists See also [ edit ] Shute Shield , rugby union competition in Sydney, New South Wales Chute (disambiguation) Shoot (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
352-472: The south of the town near the A35 and A358 intersection. Other villages within 5 miles (8 km) of Axminster include Chardstock , Colyford , Combpyne , Dalwood , Hawkchurch , Kilmington , Membury , Musbury , Raymond's Hill , Rousdon , Shute , Smallridge , Tytherleigh , Uplyme and Whitford . The town has Cloakham Lawns, the Axe Valley Sports Centre and Flamingo Swimming Pool,
374-458: The south of the village. [REDACTED] Media related to Shute, East Devon at Wikimedia Commons This Devon location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Axminster 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
396-502: The title Shute . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shute&oldid=1182853847 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shute, Devon Shute
418-460: The wider parish with a population of over 600, claims to be the smallest village in England to host a literary festival. Shute Festival was established in 2014, as an annual event, but was moved online with regular events following the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Previous guests have included the authors Phillipe Sands, Sophie Hannah, Tracy Chevalier, Christina Lamb, and Sir Anthony Selden. The West of England Main Line passes through Seaton Junction to
440-474: Was held in the market square until it was moved to Trinity Square in 1834. It then moved in October 1912 to a site off South Street, where it was held for 94 years. It finally closed in 2006 in the aftermath of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak . A building on the site then continued to be used for a general auction until all the buildings were demolished and replaced by a housing development. The town
462-486: Was on the coaching route from London to Exeter. In 1760 a coaching inn named The George Hotel was opened on the corner of Lyme Street and Chard Street on the site of an old inn called the Cross Keys that was destroyed by fire in 1759. Over 16 coaches a day would stop at the hotel in its heyday for refreshments and to change horses. The building was refurbished in 2020. Axminster was on the route of The Trafalgar Way which
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#1732859149299484-620: Was opened on 19 July 1860, with the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) offering direct services between Queen Street station in Exeter and Yeovil . The station building was designed by the LSWR's architect Sir William Tite in mock gothic style. In 1903, the branch line from Axminster to Lyme Regis was opened. This branch line was closed with the Beeching cuts, in the 1960s. One engine has been preserved on
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