Heritage Open Day: Visit and see our heritage display inside The Symington Building. Discover photos from the buildings past and the present renovations, the family corsetry business and its workforce plus notable local buildings and places. Market Harborough has a rich history and heritage. Our display reveals photos from the archive of The Symington Building, its past and the present renovations, the family corsetry business plus notable local buildings and places around the market town.
R & W H Symington Co Limited had one of the first mechanized corset factories in England. They took over a disused factory in 1861 in Adam & Eve St, Market Harborough and the company experienced rapid growth.