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Stilton history
Stilton was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire. In 1086 there were three manors at Stilton; the annual rent paid to the lords of the manors in 1066 had been £4 and the rent was the same in 1086. Archaeologists have also found a potentially Roman settlement in the village and a cheese press.
Coaching inns
By late medieval times the village was a popular posting station and coaching stop. At one time there were 14 public houses for a population of around 500. Main inns of the period were the Bell Inn and the Angel Inn, both still in existence.
Modern times
Stilton’s reliance on its position on the Great North Road has led to problems when use of the road was reduced. The arrival of the railway several miles to the east in the 19th century cut goods transportation along the road. The opening of a 1.25-mile-long A1 bypass on 21 July 1958 by David Renton, Baron Renton reduced passing trade through the village to almost nil. The Bell Inn closed and the village as a whole lost many businesses. To try to revive interest, on Easter Monday 1962 Tom McDonald of The Talbot and Malcolm Moyer of the Bell Inn organised the first cheese-rolling race.
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