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Stilton cheese brown plaque

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This brown commemorative plaque records: 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. Recorded plaque organisation: Campaign for Real Ale.

From the Open Plaques record 58874

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