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Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England.It is named after its only town, Melton Mowbray.The borough also includes numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
In 2021 Melton were promoted to the Premier Division North based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. They finished fourth in the Premier Division North in 2023–24 , qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they lost 1–0 to Loughborough Students in the semi-finals.
Melton Mowbray contains a rare example of early town government. The Melton Mowbray Town Estate [31] was founded in 1549, during the Reformation, when two townsfolk sold silver and plate sequestered from the church and bought land to be held in trust for all inhabitants. It provided early forms of education and the first street lighting, and ...
Greyhound racing in Melton Mowbray took place on a straight in Egerton Park just after the end of World War II, [2] which led to the construction of a purpose built facility the following year, on the east side of Melton Mowbray. The stadium was built next door (on the east side) to the All England Sports Ground, it was owned by Jack Bingham ...
Egerton Park is a cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The land for the park was purchased from the Egerton Lodge Estate by the Melton Mowbray Town Estate in 1931. [ 1 ] Egerton Park was used as an outground by Leicestershire following the Second World War , playing three first-class cricket matches there against Somerset ...
Grace Road in the city of Leicester has staged well over half the county's first-class games and almost every game in List A and Twenty20 cricket. Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 member clubs of the English County Championship, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. The club was established on 25 March 1879. [1]
The Borough of Melton. [3] It includes the following areas: The whole of the Borough of Melton, including the town of Melton Mowbray, transferred from Rutland and Melton (abolished, with Rutland now included in Rutland and Stamford) Syston, East Goscote and Thurmaston, transferred from Charnwood (abolished and largely replaced by Mid ...
Twinlakes is a theme park located 0.5 miles (0.75 kilometres) north-east of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. [1]The park was opened in September 2003, eleven months after the site was purchased.