"Lymeswold cheese Lymeswold cheese (1982–1992) was an English cheese variety. Many English cheeses are named after regions but Lymeswold was not, the product of a public competition to name it, the winning name may have been derived from a quintessential English place name Wymeswold. The cheese was a soft, mild blue cheese with an edible white rind, much like Brie, and was inspired by French cheeses. It was similar to non-branded cheeses sold as Blue Brie. At the time of its launch, it was hailed as ""the first new English cheese in 200 years"". For the export market, the cheese"
"Dairy Crest Dairy Crest Group plc is a leading British dairy products company. Its brands include Cathedral City Cheddar cheese, Country Life butter, Utterly Butterly, Vitalite and Clover. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Until December 2015, the company used to process and sell milk—in wholesale and via doorstep deliveries—and owned the Frijj milkshake brand. These were sold to Germany's Müller for £80 million. Dairy Crest was established in 1981, as the milk processing arm of the Milk Marketing Board. In 1983 the company launched ""Clover"", its dairy spread."
"railway goods yard gave milk trains access to the private sidings of the local creamery. Started in 1913 by local farmers to produce cheddar cheese and pasteurised milk, it was taken over by the Milk Marketing Board in 1937. Milk trains ceased in 1966 on closure of the line, with the creamery remaining in operation until 2000 under successor Dairy Crest. The station and goods yard were demolished in the mid 1970s. The town is set in the vale on which Thomas Hardy based his fictional ""Vale of the little dairies"" (in his ""Tess of the d'Urbervilles"") and Sturminster had"
"Cathedral City Cheddar Cathedral City is a brand of Cheddar cheese manufactured by Dairy Crest. In the annual rankings of all businesses in the United Kingdom in December 2012, compiled by YouGov's BrandIndex, it was rated as tenth most popular brand in the United Kingdom; the most popular food or drink, ranked higher than Starbucks Coffee. It is produced from a twenty five year old recipe at Davidstow in Cornwall, which has neither city status nor a cathedral. However, the brand's original owners, Mendip Foods, were based in the cathedral city of Wells in Somerset. Dairy Crest bought the brand"
"while its research and development facility was transferred to an innovation centre built by the company at Harper Adams University. Dairy Crest Dairy Crest Group plc is a leading British dairy products company. Its brands include Cathedral City Cheddar cheese, Country Life butter, Utterly Butterly, Vitalite and Clover. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Until December 2015, the company used to process and sell milk—in wholesale and via doorstep deliveries—and owned the Frijj milkshake brand. These were sold to Germany's Müller for £80 million. Dairy Crest was established in"
"during which most milk in the country was used for the making of ""Government Cheddar"". Even after rationing ceased in 1954, cheese making did not return to pre-war levels. Wensleydale Creamery in the town of Hawes has been hand-making cheese for more than 100 years. In May 1992, Dairy Crest, a subsidiary of the Milk Marketing Board, closed the Hawes creamery with the loss of 59 jobs. Dairy Crest transferred production of Wensleydale cheese to Yorkshire's traditional rival, Lancashire. Six months later, in November 1992, following many rescue offers, a management buyout took place, led by local businessman John Gibson"
"it at a market stall in Dublin and some select shops including the supermarket chain Superquinn. In 1992, Anne introduced fresh soft cheese, handrolled into small balls and marinated in sunflower oil, through the Superquinn chain. Initially, no brand name was associated with the product, but eventually it was decided to name the product after a road near their farm called ""Boilie Road"". Later the name ""Boilie"" was discovered to mean ""milking place"". In 2007, Ryefield Farm was acquired by Fivemiletown Creamery. In 2011 Fivemiletown Creamery won 23 awards for their high quality dairy products, as well as an award"
"went off, thus cheese and butter production was the main focus of dairy farms. Dorset butter was highly regarded in London, where it fetched a premium price, but making butter left the farmers with large quantities of skimmed milk which they turned into a hard, crumbly cheese. While the cheese was a common farmhouse cheese in Dorset for hundreds of years, production nearly dried up after the Second World War, and was made in very small quantities on just a few farms. However, in the 1980s, Woodbridge Farm in Dorset revived the old recipe, and it is now producing the"
"factory closed in February 2003, having opened in 1908, and is now the ""Beaufort Park"" housing estate after being sold for £19m in August 2004. The factory was demolished in June 2005. Under the St Ivel name, Dairy Crest makes milk promoted to school age children with added Omega 3 fatty acids. Robert Wiseman Dairies of Scotland had tried unsuccessfully to buy the milk division of Unigate in March 2000. St Ivel also manufacture Mr Juicy. This can be purchased in a range of flavours, however, the most common one is orange. St Ivel had other sites in Chichester, Evercreech,"
"from Mendip Foods Ltd in 1995. In 2007, Dairy Crest announced an integrated marketing campaign designed to drive growth for Cathedral City, which it has called 'The Big Cheese Tease'. As of 2009, Cathedral City Cheese is advertised with the slogan ""Mature, yet mellow"". In August 2014, Cathedral City was cited in research published by the ""British Medical Journal"", highlighting the fact that branded cheeses generally had higher salt content than supermarket own brands. Cathedral City Cheddar Cathedral City is a brand of Cheddar cheese manufactured by Dairy Crest. In the annual rankings of all businesses in the United Kingdom"
"had been based in Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. In September 2004, it went on to acquire the ""Country Life"" butter brand from the English Butter Marketing Company. In July 2006, it acquired Express Dairies from Arla Foods for £33m. In October 2006, it sold the majority of its own label cheese business to First Milk, its Scottish equivalent, along with the creameries and factory that produce most of the products concerned. In January 2007, Dairy Crest bought St Hubert for £248 million securing the ""Cholegram"", ""Le Fleurier"" and ""Omega 3"" brands, which are among the top selling spreads in France,"
"in 1954, and the line through Hartington was lifted in 1964. The former creamery in the village, often called the cheese factory, was founded by the Duke of Devonshire in the 1870s; it was one of the three sources of Stilton, and also produced its own unique Dovedale cheese and others such as Buxton Blue cheese. The factory was closed in 2009 after being sold by Dairy Crest to the Long Clawson Dairy Company. The cheese shop associated with the factory has re-opened under private ownership. Hartington, Derbyshire Hartington is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, lying on"
"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 link to the county of Shropshire. After the Castle Stuart dairy was closed down in 1980, the cheese was revived by Elliot Hulme and"
"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"
"James, George, and William Hughes at Hazelbrook Farm in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The name Hazelbrook Farm was dropped during World War II but brought back in the late 1980s. In 1964, the milk distribution operations of HB were transferred to Premier Dairies. The rest of the company was sold to W. R. Grace and Company and subsequently became part of Unilever in 1973. In 2005, the HB Ice Cream plant in Rathfarnham was closed with the loss of 180 jobs. In 2016 the brand celebrated its 90th birthday, and all television adverts since 1961 for HB returned to television screens. Some"
"the cheese at Pant-Ys-Gawn Farm. After Pam and Tony Craske moved there in 1981, they decided that arable and livestock farming was unsuitable. This coupled with the remote nature of the farm, meant they wished to become reliant on their own produce. With this in mind, Tony went to a nearby market with the intention of buying a cow for milk production. He returned to Pant-Ys-Gawn with six goats. Having more milk than they could use themselves, the couple sought information on cheese making from the local library. Pam began to sell the cheese at the Abergavenny Women's Institute market,"
"ceased in around 1940, and has only been sporadic since the Second World War, however Dunlop and other cheeses are as of 2007 made at West Clerkland Farm just outside Stewarton on the Dunlop Road, and are also produced on Arran, Islay and elsewhere. The Dunlop Cheese factory was sited near Dunlop railway station in what is now a housing estate, the memory of Dunlop cheese production being kept alive by the name 'Creamery Row'. Dunlop cheese Dunlop is a mild cheese or 'sweet-milk cheese' from Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It resembles a soft Cheddar cheese in texture. It"
"Pantysgawn Pantysgawn, also known as Pant-Ysgawn, is a Welsh cheese made from goat's milk. It was the first cheese produced by Pam and Tony Craske at Pant-Ys-Gawn Farm, Wales, and the success of it resulted in the couple founding the Abergavenny Fine Foods Company. It is now produced in Blaenavon by the Craske family from locally produced goat's curd from Soil Association certified farms. It has been served at NATO receptions, at St. David's Day celebrations at 10 Downing Street and to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Cardiff in 2015. Pantysgawn is named due to the origins of"
"ultimately from St David's Holy Well, next to the parish church. St Erth was the site of a large creamery operated by United Dairies; this was responsible for processing a large quantity of milk produced in Penwith. Cornish Blue is a cheese made by the Cornish Cheese Company at Upton Cross and was recognised in December 2010 as the winning cheese in the World Cheese Awards. Cornish Brie is a brie-style, soft, white-rinded cheese produced by several makers in Cornwall. Gevrik is a soft, full-fat goat's milk cheese produced in Trevarrian near Newquay. The name means ""little goat"" in Cornish."
"left on the doorstep of those who ordered it on the black market. The fungus used for blue cheeses, ""Penicillium roqueforti"", also produces the mycotoxin aristolochene, as well as the neurotoxic Roquefortine C. Dorset Blue Vinney Dorset Blue Vinney (frequently spelled ""vinny"") is a traditional blue cheese made near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England, from skimmed cows' milk. It is a hard, crumbly cheese. ""Vinney"" is a local Dorset term related to the obsolete word ""vinew"", which means to become mouldy. Another explanation has it that ""vinny"" is a corruption of ""veiny"", referring to the blue veins running throughout the"
"Dorset Blue Vinney Dorset Blue Vinney (frequently spelled ""vinny"") is a traditional blue cheese made near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England, from skimmed cows' milk. It is a hard, crumbly cheese. ""Vinney"" is a local Dorset term related to the obsolete word ""vinew"", which means to become mouldy. Another explanation has it that ""vinny"" is a corruption of ""veiny"", referring to the blue veins running throughout the cheese. Historically, the cheese was merely a byproduct of the much more lucrative butter market. Milk was of little value before the railways, as it could not be brought to market before it"
"Board and eventually operated under the Dairy Crest name, producing butter and Clover, Argento and Willow spreads, as well as Country Life Butter. The factory employed about 300 people in 2005. The plant was closed late in 2014, when production of the spreads was concentrated in Kirkby near Liverpool. There was also a research and development department which following the closure was moved to a new innovation centre built by the company at Harper Adams University near Newport, transferring around 40 members of its staff there. The Crudgington premises are due for demolition in 2015. Also notable is the small"
"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"
"Farm in the 1860s, but the existing press is dated after her death. The cheese became World famous and created a cottage industry with cheese merchants from Kirktoun buying up the cheeses and taking them to Glasgow for sale. The cheese making used up excess fresh milk and the coming of the railways reduced the need for cheese manufacture. Dunlop cheeses are still made at Clerkland Farm (2010). Tam Giffen was reputed to be a warlock from the Dunlop Parish and many anecdotes are told of his marvellous doings in the 1860s. Tam could not get over the flood swollen"
"in vain. David Walliams also talked about Stinking Bishop in his children's book, ""Grandpa's Great Escape"". Stinking Bishop cheese Stinking Bishop is a washed-rind cheese produced since 1972 by Charles Martell and Son at Hunts Court Farm, Dymock, Gloucestershire, in the south west of England. It is made from the milk of Gloucester cattle. By 1972 there were just 68 Gloucester breed heifers left in the world. Charles Martell bought up many of the surviving cows, and began to produce cheese from their milk, not initially for its own sake, but to promote interest in the Gloucester breed. Since then,"
"In 1991, the company established a joint venture with French dairy company Yoplait called ""Yoplait Dairy Crest"" (often abbreviated to YDC) which is 51% owned by Yoplait and 49% by Dairy Crest and which distributes Yoplait brand products in the United Kingdom. In 1995, it bought the ""Cathedral City"" brand of cheese from Mendip Foods Ltd. The business was privatised in August 1996, and Dairy Crest was listed on the London Stock Exchange. In July 2000, it acquired the dairy and cheese products division of Unigate in London and in November 2002, it acquired the St Ivel spreads company which"
"established the Dougal Campbell Memorial Fund in his honour while The Specialist Cheesemakers Association offers a bursary, known as the Dougal Campbell Cheese Award, for aspiring cheese makers. (Independent obituary) Tyn-y-Llwyn is farm-based cheese producer located at Pontrhydygroes. The farm produces a firm Cheddar-type cheese and has been in production since 1986. Flocks of Anglo-Nubian goat, the Alpine goat and Saanen goat breeds provide milk for the cheese. Little Acorn Products was established in 1985 at a time when cheese made from ewes milk was a rarity. The business was started from the kitchen table of Karen and Don Ross,"
"(to the north), and Netherfield (to the east). Originally an agricultural area, Colwick was notable as the birthplace of Colwick cheese, a soft and creamy curd cheese, allegedly invented in the village in the 17th century. By the 18th century, it was already being made at a number of other locations, persisting in manufacture until the late 20th century. In the 19th century the village became heavily industrialised and was home to many notable firms such as William Lawrence & Co. Ltd, Sands and Spray & Burgess. Colwick Country Park is a designated Local Nature Reserve on the edge of"
"mould. In 2017, Stinking Bishop launched a bid to become the Easter cheese, including a full-scale social media campaign, in-store media for their UK-wide stockists and a competition to win a tour around Hunts Court Farm. Stinking Bishop is an artisanal, handmade cheese and is therefore not produced for supermarkets. It currently has over 130 stockists across the UK, and can be found in artisan food stores and delicatessens, as well as in Harrods and Selfridges. The cheese was brought to international attention in the 2005 animated film """", in which it was used to revive Wallace from the dead."
"""The Road to Balnakeil"" by Derek Cooper. Ceramic artist Lotte Glob was among early residents. The village is home to well-known chocolate manufacturers Cocoa Mountain. There are claims that the rugged scenery around Durness and Cape Wrath may have inspired Tolkien in creating his Middle Earth epics. A bench placed on the shore of Loch Borralie by actress Juliet Stevenson commemorates her elder brother Johnny who died in a car accident at the Kyle of Durness in 2000. Durness is on the A838 road. This links the parish to the A836 at Tongue to the east and loops around the"
"favourite ice cream. HB Ice Cream was named after the Hughes Brothers dairy and was produced at Hazelbrook Farm, across the road from the Good Shepherd national school until recently. Until the late 1980s the County Club pub on the Churchtown Road Upper had a cabaret attached called the Braemor Rooms. The Dubliners had a residency every August and Guy Mitchell also played there. The owners of the County Club however decided to change the purpose to a disco/nightclub, and changed the name from 'The Braemor Rooms' to 'Faces'. This eventually led to the demise of the pub and club."
"Okehampton. However, in 2011 Robert Wiseman sold the Definitely Devon Brand to Rodda's, who moved the production of Definitely Devon to Cornwall, which caused some controversy as the name was not changed, prompting an investigation by Trading Standards. Throughout Cornwall and southwest England, clotted cream manufacture is a cottage industry, with many farms and dairies producing cream for sale in local outlets. Clotted cream is also produced in Somerset, Dorset, Herefordshire, Pembrokeshire, and the Isle of Wight. When authentic clotted cream is not available, there are ways to create a substitute product, such as by mixing mascarpone with whipped cream,"
"Hartington Creamery in Derbyshire, a version is also produced by the ""Staffordshire Cheese Company"" in Cheddleton, Staffordshire. Dovedale cheese Dovedale, sold as Dovedale Blue, is a blue cheese. It is named after the Dovedale valley in the Peak District, near where it is produced. Dovedale is a soft, creamy cheese with a mild blue flavour. It is made from full fat cow's milk. Unusually for a British cheese, it is brine dipped, rather than dry-salted, giving it a distinctive continental appearance and flavour. In 2007, Dovedale was awarded Protected designation of origin (PDO) status, meaning that it must be traditionally"