Allhallows Museum

Our museum building is the oldest in Honiton with an interesting history. Documents show  a chapel called Allhallows existed here before 1327. From the 16th century the building was used by Allhallows School until 1938 when the school moved to Rousdon. The chancel of the old chapel is now the Murch Gallery which houses many items of local interest. 

Allhallows Museum is a charity which is run entirely by volunteers.  We work to preserve the heritage of the people of Honiton and its surrounding district and collect, conserve and display items which show how our ancestors used to live.  

HONITON LACE

In the town famous for lace making, Allhallows Museum has one of the most comprehensive collections of Honiton Lace in the world. Displays in the Nicoll and Norman galleries feature exceptional examples of Honiton lace dating from the 16th to 20th century.

Victorian Doll's House

Esme Nicoll (one of the Museum founders) donated this splendid example of a Victorian doll's house which dates from c1840. It gives children a wonderful insight into how people lived around 160 years ago.

The Honiton Hippo

Long before dinosaurs roamed the area, it was covered by the sea. Many of the fossils on display in the Murch Gallery were discovered when the Honiton by-pass was constructed in the 1965.

The Honiton Crest

Honiton was under the jurisdiction of a Portreeve until it became a Borough in 1847. One display case shows numerous objects decorated with the town seal.