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Sep 7, 2021 · Located in the county of Leicestershire, and around 15 miles northeast of Leicester, is the town of Melton Mowbray. In the Domesday Book of 1086 Melton Mowbray was recorded as 'Medeltune'. At...
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Aug 27, 2024 · The market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire is particularly famous for one thing – pork pies. A quintessentially English food, this excerpt shows the effort that goes into making...
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Join me for a walk around the internationally-renowned home of the pork pie: Melton Mowbray! Also famed as a centre for stilton cheese production, and today ...
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Melton is a town which is filled with Royal connections, from the visit of King Richard I in 1194 through to Prince Charles visiting the historic livestock market. Eleven of the 14 Plantagenet kings visited Melton, and Thomas ‘Wolf Hall’ Cromwell owned the priory that is now the Anne of Cleves pub.
In the north east of Leicestershire, discover a wealth of local produce in the regional food capital of Melton Mowbray. Pork Pies and Stilton cheese are made here and at the heart of Melton’s appeal.
Melton Mowbray. This ancient agricultural centre and market town is well known for its tasty pork pies, cakes and cheeses. Attractively situation on the River Eye, it was once the capital of the Leicestershire hunting scene.
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Melton Mowbray (/ ˈmɛltən ˈmoʊbri /) is a market town in the Melton district in Leicestershire, England, 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Leicester and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake.