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The English town that gave Stilton cheese its name sits in which county, despite never legally producing it?
Answer
Cambridgeshire
The village of Stilton, where the cheese was historically sold to travelers along the Great North Road, lies in Cambridgeshire—outside the three counties now permitted to produce it.
💡 Did you know?
Stilton cheese cannot legally be made anywhere except three English counties, yet the town of Stilton itself never produced it—the name came from where it was sold.
Other options people guess
- Leicestershire
- Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire
Topics
- cheese
- england
- geography
- dairy-tradition
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