Apart from Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, what is the only other English county allowed to produce Stilton cheese?
"founded in 1911 by 12 farmers from the Vale of Belvoir. The company has prospered and today is supplied by over 40 farms, all from within the Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire area. As Stilton is protected by a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) it can only be made with milk from these counties. Long Clawson Farms range in size, producing between 350,000 and over 4 million litres of milk per year. The dairy employs about 200 people and produces 6,700 tonnes of cheese in 60 varieties every year. Exports account for about 20% of the company's business. The company had"
"and Nottinghamshire. Stilton village is in the traditional county of Huntingdonshire, now a district of Cambridgeshire, so Stilton cheese cannot be produced in Stilton (although it is unclear whether the cheese was ever produced there. Quenby Hall in Leicestershire claims to be the first producer). New Season Comber Potatoes or Comber Earlies were awarded PGI status in 2012. Only immature potatoes grown in the restricted geographical area surrounding the town of Comber in Northern Ireland harvested between the start of May and the end of July can be marketed as Comber Earlies. There is no unconditional protection for these names"
"Stilton, Huntingdonshire, (now an administrative district of Cambridgeshire). Traditional legend has it that in 1730, Thornhill discovered a distinctive blue cheese while visiting a small farm near Melton Mowbray in rural Leicestershire – possibly in Wymondham. He fell in love with the cheese and made a business arrangement that granted the Bell Inn exclusive marketing rights to Blue Stilton. Soon thereafter, wagon-loads of cheese were being delivered to the inn. Since a main stagecoach route from London to Northern England, the Great North Road passed through the village of Stilton he was able to promote the sale of this cheese"
"Cheese"", ""The Bell"", ""The Talbot"" and Colbrook's, a Rolls Royce and Bentley specialist garage. Stilton Stilton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about north of Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire, which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. There is evidence of Neolithic occupation of the parish. The Roman finds dug up in the village include a silver ring and a 2nd century jug. Archaeologists have also found a potential Roman settlement in the village and a Roman cheese press. Stilton was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Normancross"
"credited as the person who set modern Stilton cheese's shape and style characteristics in the 1720s, but others have also been named. Wymondham, Leicestershire Wymondham (pronounced phonetically) is a village in the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire, England. It is part of a civil parish which also covers the nearby hamlet of Edmondthorpe. The parish has a population of 623, increasing to 632 at the 2011 census. It is close to the county borders with Lincolnshire and Rutland, nearby places being Garthorpe, Teigh (in Rutland) and South Witham (in Lincolnshire). The village church is St Peter's; the pub is the"
"the base. Stilton cheese originated near Melton Mowbray, and is still made in the town today. Stilton cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton in Huntingdonshire, where it was marketed to travellers on the Great North Road, though no Stilton was ever made there. Melton Mowbray pork pies are made with a specific ""hand-raising"" process and recipe. On 4 April 2008 the European Union awarded the Melton Mowbray pork pie Protected Geographical Indication status, following a long-standing application made by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association. As a result of this ruling pies made only within a designated"
"Stichelton Stichelton is an English blue cheese. It is similar to Blue Stilton cheese, except that it does not use pasteurised milk or factory-produced rennet. The name comes from a form of the name of Stilton village in the 1086 ""Domesday Book"" (""Stichiltone/Sticiltone""), as the name Stilton cannot legally be used for the cheese. Randolph Hodgson of Neal's Yard Dairy and American Joe Schneider produce Stichelton in small batches in a dairy at Cuckney on the northern edge of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. They use raw milk, rennet from calves' stomachs and hand-ladling and smoothing. Although most Stilton cheeses have been"
"to produce true Stilton cheese under the terms of its protected origin status, only one is not located in the area. The vale is the historic centre for the production of this king of English cheeses and until the end of the 19th century all Stilton cheese was being produced within 20 miles of Melton Mowbray. However, the cheese took its name from the Huntingdonshire village of Stilton, where it was served at the coaching inns on the Great North Road. Melton is also the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie, produced by traditional methods using uncured pork and"
"county. Stilton and Red Leicester cheeses and the pork pie are the three most famous contributions to English cuisine from Leicestershire. Leicestershire food producers include Claybrooke mill, one of the very few commercially working watermills left in Britain producing a range of over 40 flours; meat from rare and minority breeds from Brockleby's; and Christmas turkey and goose from Seldom Seen Farm. Two dairies produce Red Leicester cheese in the county, Long Clawson and the Leicestershire Handmade Cheese Company. All-natural non-alcoholic fruit cordials and pressed drinks are made by Belvoir Fruit Farms and sold in supermarkets across Britain. Swithland Spring"
"Stilton Stilton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about north of Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire, which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. There is evidence of Neolithic occupation of the parish. The Roman finds dug up in the village include a silver ring and a 2nd century jug. Archaeologists have also found a potential Roman settlement in the village and a Roman cheese press. Stilton was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as ""Stichiltone"" and ""Sticilitone"" in"
"and the fame of Stilton rapidly spread. In 1936 the Stilton Cheesemakers' Association (SCMA) was formed to lobby for regulation to protect the quality and origin of the cheese, and in 1966 Stilton was granted legal protection via a certification trade mark, the only British cheese to have received this status. Blue Stilton's distinctive blue veins are created by piercing the crust of the cheese with stainless steel needles, allowing air into the core. The manufacturing and ripening process takes approximately nine to twelve weeks. For cheese to use the name ""Stilton"", it must be made in one of the"
"Hungarton Hungarton (or Hungerton) is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, about north-east of Leicester and south-west of Melton Mowbray. The population of the civil parish was 269 at the 2001 census, including Ingarsby, and increased to 289 at the 2011 census. The village has a church, a village hall, a small stream and a Millennium Green. It also has a pub called ""The Black Boy"". Stilton cheese was first produced in a dairy in the grounds of Quenby Hall. The Anglican Church of St John the Baptist is part"
"development. The cheese was originally made on farms in Leicestershire with milk that was surplus once all the Stilton desired was made. It was originally coloured with carrot or beetroot juice. It used to be called Leicestershire Cheese, but came to be called Red Leicester to distinguish it from the ""White Leicester"" made to a national wartime recipe considered inferior during the 1940s; colouring agents were banned. The fat content of Red Leicester cheese when fresh is generally 33 to 34%. Regulations regarding cheese require minimum fat levels to be stated in terms of the ""fat in dry matter"" or"
"children between 4–11 years, and a pub, the Martins Arms. The parish church is St. John's Church, Colston Bassett. Colston Bassett Colston Bassett is a small village in the Vale of Belvoir in the south-east of Nottinghamshire close to its border with Leicestershire. Lying on the River Smite, it had a population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall and increasing to 399 at the 2011 Census. The village dairy opened in 1913, and is one of only five that are permitted to make Stilton cheese. It also manufactures smaller quantities of white Stilton and Shropshire Blue. Colston Bassett is"
"years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War). In 2011, the parish covered an area of and included Folksworth The village gave its name to Stilton cheese. Previously the most widely accepted explanation was that the cheese came down to be sold at the coaching inns in Stilton. Daniel Defoe in 1722 described the village as famous for its cheese. Traditionally it was thought that supplies were obtained from the housekeeper at Quenby Hall, Hungarton, Leicestershire, near Melton Mowbray, and were sold via her brother-in-law to travellers in Stilton's coaching inns, namely the ""Bell Inn"" or"
"Stilton has a typical fat content of approximately 35%, and protein content of approximately 23%. A number of blue cheeses are made in a similar way to Blue Stilton. These cheeses get their blue veins and distinct flavour from the use of one or more saprotrophic fungi such as ""Penicillium roqueforti"" and ""Penicillium glaucum"". Stichelton is made in the same way as Stilton cheese and uses cows' milk from a permitted county (Nottinghamshire), but the milk is unpasteurised and so under the PDO it cannot be designated as true Stilton. Since the PDO came into effect, some British supermarkets have"
"Colston Bassett Colston Bassett is a small village in the Vale of Belvoir in the south-east of Nottinghamshire close to its border with Leicestershire. Lying on the River Smite, it had a population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall and increasing to 399 at the 2011 Census. The village dairy opened in 1913, and is one of only five that are permitted to make Stilton cheese. It also manufactures smaller quantities of white Stilton and Shropshire Blue. Colston Bassett is also home to an old market cross, the ruined church of St Mary, the Colston Bassett Preparatory School for"
"different to the very sweet perfumes you smell wafting down the street as someone walks past you."". The search for an unpasteurised Stilton cheese was a plot element of a ""Chef!"" episode entitled ""The Big Cheese"", aired on the BBC One television station on 25 February 1993. A character named G. D'Arcy ""Stilton"" Cheesewright appears in several of the Jeeves novels of P. G. Wodehouse. Stilton cheese Stilton is an English cheese, produced in two varieties: Blue, known for its characteristic strong smell and taste, and the lesser-known White. Both have been granted the status of a protected designation of"
"Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham. The town is on the River Eye and the River Wreake and has a population of 25,554. The town is best known for its culinary speciality, the Melton Mowbray pork pie, and it is one of the six homes of Stilton cheese. Melton Mowbray is promoted as the ""Rural Capital of Food"". The name comes from the early English word Medeltone – meaning ""Middletown surrounded by small hamlets"" (and therefore has the same origin as Milton and Middleton). Mowbray is a Norman"
"is an American who had been a cheesemaker in the Netherlands and the UK. In late 2004 Schneider and Hodgson discussed the possibility of recreating an unpasteurised Stilton-style cheese. They eventually found premises in which to start their dairy, on the Welbeck Abbey Estate near Worksop in Nottinghamshire. Unable to be described as a Stilton, 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, reportedly from a starter culture"
"where Stilton cheese is manufactured. Old Dalby Test Track passes close to the village. Saxelbye Saxelbye (or Saxelby) is a small village in the district of Melton in Leicestershire, England. The village lies about three miles to the north-west of Melton Mowbray and is situated on the southern slope of the ridge that makes up the southern boundary of the Vale of Belvoir. It is part of Grimston (Where the population is included), Civil Parish . The separate Saxelby Civil Parish was abolished in April 1936. The very fine grade II* church with its crocketed spire is dedicated to St"
"would have been a centre for selling of cheese unless cheese was also made in the area. Furthermore, the original recipe for a cream cheese made in Stilton in the early 18th century has since been discovered and since more than one type of cheese was usually made, it is possible that a blue cheese was also made in the area. The Parish of Stilton applied to Defra for an amendment to the Stilton PDO to be included into the Protected area but was unsuccessful. However, a new application is currently (June 2014) being prepared and this is being supported"
"is used in modern pasteurised ones. MT36 was nearly lost, but a vial of it was sent to Ray Osborne, a starter producer, who kept it alive for 18 years. Stichelton Stichelton is an English blue cheese. It is similar to Blue Stilton cheese, except that it does not use pasteurised milk or factory-produced rennet. The name comes from a form of the name of Stilton village in the 1086 ""Domesday Book"" (""Stichiltone/Sticiltone""), as the name Stilton cannot legally be used for the cheese. Randolph Hodgson of Neal's Yard Dairy and American Joe Schneider produce Stichelton in small batches in"
"in 1816 was improved by the addition of a gallery. In 1840 a new chapel was built on the present site at a cost of £1100. In 1873 a schoolroom and a Minister's vestry were added. A manse was built alongside the chapel in 1887. In 1954 the chapel burnt down. A committee was quickly formed to raise funds for a replacement and on 25 June 1955 the foundation stone for the new building was laid. The new chapel opened on 29 September 1956. One of only six dairies in England where Stilton cheese is manufactured, Long Clawson Dairy was"
"a soft cheese with a sharp, strong flavour and a slightly tangy aroma. It is slightly sour but sharper than Stilton and generally creamier. Shropshire Blue Shropshire Blue is a cow's milk cheese made in the United Kingdom. The cheese was first made in the 1970s at the Castle Stuart dairy in Inverness, Scotland by Andy Williamson, a cheesemaker who had trained in the making of Stilton cheese in Nottinghamshire. The cheese was first known as 'Inverness-shire Blue' or 'Blue Stuart', but was eventually marketed as 'Shropshire Blue', a name chosen to help increase its popularity, despite it having no"
"obtained from the original producer by Hodgson's colleague, and subsequently kept alive for fifteen years. Stichelton is made in a dairy, from the unpasteurised milk of Friesian-Holstein cows at Collinthwaite Farm, on the Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire. ""ForbesLife"" magazine described it as a ""sumptuous cheese that sets a full-flavored, succulent, complex chain of sensations going in your mouth: fruity and salty, buttery, and earthy, sharp and creamy. Robin Hood never had it so good."" The starter culture for the cheese is known as MT36, the original culture used in the pre-1989 unpasteurised Stiltons, and is different from the culture that"
"made with pasteurised milk for many years, until 1989 the Colston Bassett dairy did make one Stilton with unpasteurised milk. However, following an outbreak of food poisoning incorrectly linked to the dairy and subsequently revealed to be unfounded, they decided to end production of the unpasteurised cheese. In 1996, this decision was permanently enshrined when Stilton was awarded Protected Designation of Origin status by the EU, with one of the criteria being the use of pasteurised cows milk. Stichelton is produced by a partnership including Randolph Hodgson who owns the specialist cheese retailer Neal's Yard Dairy, and Joe Schneider who"
"a beauty salon. It has a highly regarded primary school, Cropwell Bishop Primary School, which feeds into the nearby secondary school, Toothill Comprehensive. In November 2009 the village Scout group (1st Cropwell Bishop) re-opened after an absence of 15 years. Cropwell Bishop 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. The village has one of a select six creameries that produce Stilton cheese. It is 1.2 miles to the east of the A46 in the NG12 postcode. The next village to the north is"
"Long Clawson Long Clawson is a small village in Leicestershire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Clawson, Hose and Harby. Situated in the Vale of Belvoir, the village is surrounded by farmland with rich soil ideal for pasture. Milk from local dairy farms is used for production of Stilton cheese. The Long Clawson dairy is one of the largest producers of this cheese. There is some debate about the origin of the village's name; one theory is that there were once two villages named Clawson and Claxton, which grew together and became Long Clawson. The ""Long"""
"Stilton. The reason is not known for the two types of Gloucester cheese being called 'double' and 'single'. The main theories are: Double Gloucester cheese is also used every spring for the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, a sport considered to be dangerous due to the lengthy, steep Gloucestershire hillside (50% downhill gradient at over 200 yards) in which the event takes place. Gloucester cheese Gloucester is a traditional, semi-hard cheese which has been made in Gloucestershire, England, since the 16th century, at one time made only with the milk of the once nearly extinct Gloucester cattle. There are two"
"Tuesday of the month (except in August) in the parish meeting room. Stilton was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Stilton became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. The second tier of local government is Huntingdonshire District Council which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and has its offices in Huntingdon. Huntingdonshire District Council has 52 councillors representing 29 district wards. Huntingdonshire District Council collects the council tax, and provides services"
"small villages within the surrounding rural area and the area of the Borough is 48,138ha. The population of the Borough at 2011 was 50,376 (2011 Census) and the population is predicted to grow to 53,600 by 2021 It was formed in 1974, from the Melton Mowbray Urban District and the Melton and Belvoir Rural District. The council offices on ""Nottingham Road"" burnt down on 30 May 2008. Across the road were situated the main offices of the East Midlands Regional Assembly before it was abolished in 2010. The borough is the home of Stilton Cheese and Melton Mowbray Pork Pies."
"Ilchester Cheese Company The Ilchester Cheese Company is a cheese company based in Ilchester, Somerset. The Ilchester brands are part of Norseland, a subsidiary of Norwegian dairy company Tine SA. Ilchester do not actually manufacture any cheese from scratch, but specialise in blending a variety of British cheeses with other ingredients, such as beer and fruit. Notable Ilchester cheeses include Applewood, a smoke-flavoured Cheddar cheese, and Five Counties, which is a sandwich of five layers of different English cheeses. In 1962 Ken Seaton, a hotelier in Ilchester, Somerset, England, tried combining cheese with chives, Worthington E Bitter beer and a"