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With Melton being a world-renowned centre of fox hunting, the Melton building was intended to incorporate material on hunting. A planned refurbishment of the building, costing some £500,000, gave the opportunity to include a fox-hunting display, celebrated at the re-opening in the speech of Baroness Mallalieu on 3 May 2002.
The station has had several names during its existence. After opening as Melton in 1846 it was renamed Melton Mowbray on 1 November 1876 and then Melton Mowbray South in 1923. In 1957 it was renamed Melton Mowbray Town to distinguish it from Melton Mowbray North (though this had closed to regular traffic in 1953). It was given its current name ...
A607 north – Melton Mowbray, Cossington, East Goscote: Northern terminus of A607 concurrency: Ratcliffe on the Wreake: 8.6– 8.9: 13.8– 14.3: Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Sileby: Thrussington–Burton on the Wolds boundary: 12.9– 13.1: 20.8– 21.1: B676 – Burton on the Wolds, Ragdale, Barrow upon Soar, Seagrave, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray
In the mid-19th century, a group of local businessmen decided to form a private company, known as the "Melton Mowbray Corn Exchange and Public Rooms Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built corn exchange for the town. The site they selected was on the east side of Nottingham Street. [2]
Melton Mowbray contains a rare example of early town government. The Melton Mowbray Town Estate [31] was founded in 1549, during the Reformation, when two townsfolk sold silver and plate sequestered from the church and bought land to be held in trust for all inhabitants. It provided early forms of education and the first street lighting, and ...
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire England: Grid reference: Platforms: 2: Other information; Status: Disused: History; Pre-grouping: Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway: Post-grouping: LNER and LMS Joint: Key dates; 1 September 1879: Opened: 7 December 1953: Closed to regular services: 9 September 1962: Closed to summer specials
Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England. It is named after its only town, Melton Mowbray. The borough also includes numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The north of the district includes part of the Vale of Belvoir. Melton is the least populous district of its type and the ...
Included in the proposals was a spur linking the Nottingham and Saxby line to Melton Mowbray station. [10] In the same Parliamentary session the rival Great Northern Railway (GNR) promoted a Bill for a line south from Newark through Melton to Leicester; new stations would be built in Leicester and Melton Mowbray. The actual promoter of this ...