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MELTON MOWBRAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 101 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MELTON See also:

MOWBRAY , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town in the Melton See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, See also:

England, pleasantly situated in a fertile vale, at the confluence of the Wreake and the See also:

Eye. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (1901), 7454• It is 105 M. N.N.W. from See also:

LONDON

London by the Midland railway, and is served by a See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the London & See also:

North Western and See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. The See also:

church of St See also:

Mary, a See also:

FINE

fine cruciform structure, See also:

Early See also:

ENGLISH

English and later, with a lofty and richly ornamented central See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, was enlarged in the reign of See also:

Elizabeth. Melton is the centre of a celebrated See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting district, in connexion with which there are large stables in the town. It is known for its pork pies, and has a See also:

trade in Stilton See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese. There are breweries and tanneries and an important See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle market. There are blast furnaces in the neighbouring See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Asfordby for the smelting of the abundant See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore in the district. During the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War Melton was in See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1644 the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a defeat of the parliamentary forces by the royalists. It is the birthplace of See also:

John See also:

Henley the orator (1692-1759).

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