Moores Biscuits

BAKING SINCE 1860

The Moores family have been baking in Dorset for over 140 years meaning they are one of Britain's longer-established biscuit makers. Still run by the Moores family, the firm as we know it today is situated just 5 miles from the site of the original bakery

Sometime before 1860 the Moores family were established in the Marshwood Vale, West Dorset with a small farmhouse, watermill and a bakery in the yard. After bread making it was custom to make Dorset Knobs using left over dough, this was dried out in the ovens to produce a rusk like product.

The Moores Bakery is established in 1880 Morcombelake by Samuel Moores, who was one of four sons who were all bakers. All four sons were well known in the local area for making Dorset Knobs as well as other bakery products.

1970 a new types of sweet biscuits are developed starting with Dorset Gingers and Walnut Crunch. The traditional ovens are replaced with rack ovens, which are still used today. More biscuit making and packing machines are introduced.

140 years on from its humble beginnings, Moores Biscuits is still owned and run by the Moores family. The bakery continues today not unlike it did when the business was founded, making a wide range of sweet biscuits, cakes, granolas and, of course, the famous Dorset Knob.