Melton Mowbray (England)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
מלטון מאובריי (אנגליה)
Name (Latin)
Melton Mowbray (England)
Other forms of name
nnaa Melton Mowbray, Eng
nne Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire)
Coordinates
-0.886 -0.886 52.7661 52.7661 (gooearth )
W0005300 W0005300 N0524600 N0524600 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 52°46ʹ00ʺN 000°53ʹ00ʺW)
Wikipedia description:
Melton Mowbray () is a market town in the Melton district in Leicestershire, England, 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Leicester and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population of 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promoted as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food"; it is the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie and is the location of one of six licensed makers of Stilton cheese.
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