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Stilton's reliance on its position on the Great North Road has twice led to problems when use of the road was reduced; the arrival of the railway several miles to the east in the 19th century cut goods transportation along the road, and the opening of a 1.25-mile-long A1 bypass on 21 July 1958 by David Renton, Baron Renton reduced passing trade through the village to almost nil.
As the name Stilton could not be used, the new cheese was named Stichelton, which its makers say was based on the original name of the village of Stilton (the spelling Stichelton appears in the 13th-century Lincoln Rolls). The first Stichelton cheese was produced in October 2006.
The Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords President of the United States Ronald Reagan addressing Parliament, 8 June 1982. This is a list of people who have addressed both Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament at the same time.
Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house in parkland near the villages of Cold Newton and Hungarton, Leicestershire, England. [1] It is described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "the most important early-seventeenth century house in the county of Leicestershire". [2] The Hall is Grade I listed, and the park and gardens Grade II, by English Heritage. [3]
The ecclesiastical parish of Newton Hall St James was formed in 1877, comprising the townships of Newton, Newton Hall and Stelling. [9] In 1874 a village school was built within the estate, which existed until the 1940s when numbers of children had greatly diminished. [4] [5] The Hunday Tractor Museum was located at Westside Farm.
The Stilton Cheese Makers Association produced a fragrance called Eau de Stilton, which was "very different to the very sweet perfumes you smell wafting down the street as someone walks past you." [33] The search for an unpasteurised Stilton cheese was a plot element of a Chef! episode titled "The Big Cheese", aired on BBC1 on 25 February 1993.
Colston Bassett is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, in the Rushcliffe district of southeast Nottinghamshire, close to its border with Leicestershire. It lies by the River Smite . The population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall , increased to 399 at the 2011 Census , finally falling to 356 in the 2021 Census .
Kirklees Hall is a 16th-century Grade I listed [1] Jacobean hall, close to the English village of Clifton in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. The first evidence of a hall constructed at Kirklees was that of Sir Thomas Gargrave , who conveyed the property to the Pilkington family.