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Collection Summary
Collection Title
Personalia Collection
Description
There is material relating to Sir Isaac Pitman, Trowbridge's most famous citizen. His form of shorthand has become accepted as the best method of writing rapidly. A weaver's son, he was born in Naish's Yard, Trowbridge in 1813, published his first book on shorthand at the age of 24, was knighted in 1894 and died three years later.
There is also material relating to Abraham Bowyer, born in South Wraxall in 1793. He began a business selling home-cured bacon, opening a factory in the 1840s. The company he founded, Bowyers, is now a national meat processing business.
There is also material relating to Abraham Bowyer, born in South Wraxall in 1793. He began a business selling home-cured bacon, opening a factory in the 1840s. The company he founded, Bowyers, is now a national meat processing business.
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Location Details
Trowbridge Museum
The Shires Shopping Centre
Court Street
Trowbridge Wiltshire BA14 8AT United Kingdom Open Map
DOMUS
SW000120
Email
info@trowbridgemuseum.co.uk
Telephone
01225 751 339
Fax
01225 754 608
Visiting Information
Tuesday-Friday 10.00-4.00
Saturday 10.00-5.00
There is Pay and Display Parking just minutes away from the Museum.
Building Information
The museum is situated on one floor of an old woollen mill, Home Mill, the ground floor of which is a shopping centre. It is a grade II listed building.
Collections Overview
The museum contains working woollen textile machines including early spinning, weaving, fulling and finishing machinery; social history collections; archaeology; costume and textiles; topographical prints; and items relating to Isaac Pitman, the inventor of shorthand.
Display Overview
The museum tells the story of the West Country woollen town of Trowbridge, its people and its history.
Star Objects
Rare surviving example of a Spinning Jenny; operational Hattersley loom; ancient fire engine; historic Parliament clock;Olympic torch; miniature beam engine.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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