|
Melton Mowbray or Melton is a town in the borough of Melton north-east Leicestershire, England.
Although best-known for its pork pies, it is also known for its Melton cloth (first mentioned in 1823), which is the familiar tight-woven woollen cloth which is heavily milled, and a nap raised so as to form a short, dense, non-lustrous pile. Sailors' peacoats are traditionally made of Melton cloth, the universal workmans' donkey jackets of Britain and Ireland and in North America, loggers' "cruising jackets" and Mackinaws.
It shares a member of Parliament (currently Alan Duncan from the Tories) with Rutland.
Its museum famously displays a dead two-headed calf.
There is also a Melton in Victoria, Australia.
|
