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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 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.
Melton Mowbray appears to have become the Eye basin's trading centre in Saxon times. Its market probably predates the Norman conquest and is one of the few in England listed in the Domesday Book (1085). Melton continues as the main trading centre in the area throughout medieval times, up to the present day.
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 ...
Bottesford is about 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham and 13 miles (21 km) north of Melton Mowbray and 7 miles (11 km) west of Grantham. The village is the largest in the Vale of Belvoir and near to Belvoir Castle, home to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. It had a population of 3,587 at the 2011 census, [1] estimated in 2018 at 3,382. [2]
Melton Mowbray is a locality and small rural community in the local government areas of Southern Midlands and Central Highlands, in the Midlands region of Tasmania. It is located about 63 kilometres (39 mi) north of the city of Hobart. [2] The 2016 census determined a population of 65 for the state suburb of Melton Mowbray. [1]
It is 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (8.9 km) south of Melton Mowbray. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 812. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 812. Somerby is a small country village containing a parish church (All Saints), a primary school, a Doctor's surgery , a pub, a small shop/post office, and a large ...
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