The Grocer’s Encyclopedia

Artemas Ward’s Encyclopedia of Foods and Beverages — New York, 1911

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STILTON CHEESE

the richest of distinctively English types. See CHEESE.

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2026 Editor's Note: A famous legal irony attaches to it: Stilton may not be made in Stilton. The protected designation covers only Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire — and the village of Stilton, in Cambridgeshire, which merely sold the cheese at its coaching inn, is excluded from making the thing that bears its name. (Ed: BR 2026-07-21)

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