Vale of Belvoir
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The Vale of Belvoir is in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England. The name is from the Norman-French for "beautiful view".
Vale of Belvoir from near Ab Kettleby off the A606
A panorama of the Vale of Belvoir
A plate from Jones's Views (1819), showing Belvoir Castle's dominant position overlooking the Vale of Belvoir
View of Belvoir Castle (from Woolsthorpe by Belvoir)
Stilton cheese
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Stilton is an English cheese, produced in two varieties: blue, which has Penicillium roqueforti added to generate a characteristic smell and taste, and white, which does not. Both have been granted th
Vale of Belvoir
…castle and to provide employment in an otherwise farm-dominated local economy. Two other local specialities dominate the world reputation of the vale: Stilton cheese and pork pies. Of the six dairies currently allowed to produce true Stilton cheese under the terms of its protected origin status, only one is not…
Blue Stilton
The Bell Inn at Stilton, Cambridgeshire, in 2005
The Tuxford & Tebbutt creamery in Melton Mowbray
Slice of a Blue Stilton, viewed from the rind side, showing inoculation holes