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{{infobox UK place
|country = England
|latitude= 52.48915
|longitude= -0.29238
|official_name= Stilton
|population=
|shire_district= [[Huntingdonshire]]
| shire_county = [[Cambridgeshire]]
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= [[North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Cambridgeshire]]
|post_town= PETERBOROUGH
|postcode_district = PE7
|postcode_area= PE
|dial_code=
|os_grid_reference= TL162893
}}
'''Stilton''' is a village in [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]], and within the [[Historic counties of England|historic county boundaries]] of [[Huntingdonshire]]. Stilton lies south of the city of [[Peterborough]]. It lies on the old [[Great North Road (United Kingdom)|Great North Road]], 70 miles from [[London]] and was an important coaching stop in the days before motorised transport. It lies just south of [[Norman Cross]]. In 1998, the village was additionally bypassed by the new [[A1 road|A1(M)]], with access limited to the [[A15 road|A15]] intersection at Norman Cross.
During February 2006, the TV show [[Time Team]] excavated a local field for Roman artefacts.
The village gave its name to the famous [[Stilton (cheese)|Stilton cheese]] as supplies obtained from the housekeeper at [http://www.quenbyhall.co.uk Quenby Hall], near [[Melton Mowbray]], were sold via her brother-in-law to travellers in one of Stilton's [[coaching inn]]s, namely ''The Bell''.
The cheese was (and is) made in [[Derbyshire]], [[Leicestershire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]]. The manufacture of Stilton is limited by statute to these three counties and it cannot be made anywhere else, even in Stilton itself.
==External links==
* [http://www.thebellstilton.co.uk/Pages/History.htm The Bell Inn]
* [http://www.stilton.org Stilton Village Website.]
* [http://www.stilton.org/about_rolling.html Stilton Cheese Rolling Championships.]
* [http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/2007_stilton.html About the Time Team excavation]
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[[Category:Villages in Cambridgeshire]]
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