Category: Notes & Queries

On Monday 20th February, Stilton gathered in the new Pavilion to honour the crew of B17 bomber Ten Horsepower, which crashed on […]

All the years of hard work, frustrations and triumphs were crowned today, Saturday 18th February 2017, by the formal opening of Stilton […]

An aerial view of the steel frame being erected for the new Stilton Pavilion.

Refurbishing the Memorial Hall Clock The Memorial Hall clock, which has been there for longer than any of us can remember, fell […]

One of Stilton’s little treasures is the group of Almshouses tucked away at the end of Fen Street. The Trustees completed a […]

The Mendoza – Humphreys Prizefight – Stilton 6th May 1789 Extract from Annual Register for 1789. Chronicle p 206 (2nd edn pub […]

Stilton potter Rick Landy is an expert on the ceramic techniques of antiquity. When in 2006 Time Team unearthed evidence of Roman […]

Pottering about on the Fens… Regular SCAN readers will remember the announcement of Rick Landy’s discovery of a rare Roman cheese press. […]

On a glorious Spring day in April 2005, a silent crowd gathered at Norman Cross to honour and remember 1770 soldiers and […]

On 30 June 2006, Quenby Hall’s Stilton Cheese was delivered in style to The Bell Inn by coach and horses, after a […]