Small history

With a recipe that dates back to the reign of the ill-fated King Charles I, this famous blue, while not the oldest of English cheeses, has acquired a renown that has earned it the title of "King of Cheese." Rich, creamy, delicately blue veined and with an inimitable flavour, this classic was brought to public appreciation by an entrepreneurial innkeeper, Cooper Thornhill, landlord of the famous staging post the Bell Inn, Stilton.