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This jug was designed to hold beer from the Abington Brewery. The wicker surround would have made it easier to hold. It would have been refilled by the brewery and reused.

The Abington Brewery was on the south side of Wellingborough Road. It traded for over 50 years and was established by Dorman and Pope in 1900. It was renamed the Abington Brewery in 1942.

A place to work

In this section of the exhibition discover how the house has been a place of work. There have been many different types of jobs for people in Abington. Once mainly agricultural, more recently the area has been home to shoe factories and breweries. Dr Prichard established a private asylum at Abington Manor in 1845. He was at the forefront of the non-restraint movement and believed physical restraint of patients was not necessary with proper treatment.