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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.
Stilton cheese cannot be made in Stilton village, which gave the cheese its name, [19] because it is not in any of the three permitted counties, but rather in the administrative county of Cambridgeshire and the historic county of Huntingdonshire. The Original Cheese Company applied to Defra to amend the Stilton PDO to include the village, but ...
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. [8]
Huntsman – combination of Double Gloucester and Stilton. [49] Isle of Mull – Scottish Cheddar cheese made from raw cow milk, [50] produced on the Isle of Mull. Little Wallop [6] Pantysgawn – Welsh goat's milk cheese with a high moisture content and limited shelf life. Suffolk Gold [51] Wiltshire Loaf [52] Wyfe of Bath [53] Village Green ...
Cropwell Bishop is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 1,853, [1] this fell to 1,799 at the 2021 census. [2] The village has one of a select six creameries that produce Stilton cheese.
A slice of blue Stilton cheese, cut from a wheel made in the traditional cylindrical shape. Stilton cheese originated as a commercial venture developed to manufacture cheese for sale at the village of Stilton in Cambridgeshire, which has led to claims that the cheese itself originated outside that village. Historical evidence suggests an ...
Long Clawson is a village and former civil parish, now included in that of Clawson, Hose and Harby, in the Melton district and the county of Leicestershire, England.Being in the Vale of Belvoir, the village is enclosed by farmland with rich soil ideal for pasture.
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 .