Stilton cheese
(1720-?)

man

Died aged 305

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The Bell, Stilton The birth of Stilton Cheese During the 1720s this Inn was the first place to sell Stilton Cheese. Its then owner, Cooper Thornhill, popularised the cheese and created a substantial and enduring market for the product. "Drink a pot of ale, eat a scoop of Stilton, every day, you will make old bones." Nineteenth-century saying, Wymondham.

The Bell, Great North Road, Stilton, Peterborough, United Kingdom where it was