Stilton in 1838

Stilton is in Norman Cross hundred, on the high north road, 75 miles from Hicks’s Hall, London, through Huntingdon. The parish has an area of 1,620 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 793, above one-third agricultural. Stilton was once a market-town, but has dwindled into insignificance. The Stilton cheese takes its name from this village. The living is a rectory of the clear yearly value of £355, with a glebe-house. There were in 1833 seven day-schools, with 124 children, and one Sunday-school, with 100 children.

Old Towns is a resource of 19th century English historical data, extracted and digitized from articles written between 1833 and 1848 which were originally published in 'The Penny Magazine' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.