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Encyclopedia Britannica



MELTON MOWBRAY

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 101 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MEC-MIC
MELTON MOWBRAY , a market town in the Melton parliamentary division of Leicestershire, England, pleasantly situated in a fertile vale, at the confluence of the Wreake and the Eye. Pop. of urban
district
  (1901), 7454 It is 105 M. N.N.W. from London by the Midland railway, and is served by a
joint
  branch of the London & North Western and
Great
  Northern railways. The
church
  of St Mary, a fine cruciform structure, Early
English
  and later, with a lofty and richly ornamented central tower, was enlarged in the reign of Elizabeth. Melton is the centre of a celebrated
hunting
 
district
 , in connexion with which there are large stables in the town. It is known for its pork pies, and has a
trade
  in Stilton cheese. There are breweries and tanneries and an important cattle market. There are blast furnaces in the neighbouring parish of Asfordby for the smelting of the abundant
supply
  of iron ore in the district. During the Civil War Melton was in
February
  1644 the
scene
  of a defeat of the parliamentary forces by the royalists. It is the birthplace of John Henley the orator (1692-1759).


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