Situated in Hampton Cottage near the library, Leatherhead Museum has set up a replica of a kitchen of 150 years ago. It has all the mod cons of Victorian life including a vacuum cleaner.
Two thousand years ago the Romans were producing building products on Ashtead Common; the museum has several examples of their tiles.
Around eighty years ago there were two major manufacturers in Ashtead - Goblin Cleaners and Ashtead Pottery. Visit the museum to see some fine examples of their work and find out where the factories were sited.
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