Stilton

Meaning

1. That which is needed or wanted; the very thing; the ticket.
2. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).
3. A type of blue-veined cheese made in England.
4. Alternative form of Stilton (“type of cheese”).
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology / origin

Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold.

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