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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 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, best known for both the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and St Mary's Church. It is the administrative centre of the borough. It is the administrative centre of the borough. Shown within Leicestershire .
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]
The town's name derives from the Old English for 'farm/settlement on a shelved terrain'. [2] In the Domesday Book (1086) it is recorded as Scheltone.Schulton or Scheltone is an ancient word, which means shelf; Shilton is therefore Scheltone or shelf-town, a derivation supported by the village's standing on the top of a long, narrow ridge in the southwest of the county.
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]
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and BBC East Midlands on BBC One, and ITV Anglia and ITV Central on ITV1. Television signals are received from either the Sandy Heath or Waltham TV transmitters. Market Harborough Magazine is a glossy monthly publication covering Market Harborough and its surrounding area.
Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles (11 km) south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire.Situated on a promontory about 210 metres (690 ft) above sea level, the site commands views over the surrounding countryside for miles around.