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Borough of Melton
Shown within Leicestershire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 103rd 481.38 km�
Admin. HQ:	Melton Mowbray
ONS code:	31UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 342nd 48,125 100 / km�
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Melton Borough Council http://www.melton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Alan Duncan

Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England. It is named for its main town, Melton Mowbray. Other settlements include Asfordby and Bottesford. It has a population of 46,861.

It was formed in 1974 from the Melton Mowbray Urban District and the Melton and Belvoir Rural District.

Parishes

Ab Kettleby, Asfordby
Barkestone, Plungar and Redmile, Belvoir, Bottesford, Broughton and Old Dalby, Buckminster, Burton and Dalby
Clawson, Hose and Harby, Croxton Kerrial and Branston,
Eaton
Freeby, Frisby and Kirby
Gaddesby, Garthorpe, Grimston, Saxelbye, Shoby
Hoby with Rotherby
Knossington and Cold Overton
Scalford, Somerby, Sproxton, Stathern
Twyford and Thorpe
Waltham, Wymondham

Districts of England - East Midlands
Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Blaby \| Bolsover \| Boston \| Broxtowe \| Charnwood \| Chesterfield \| Corby \| Daventry \| Derby \| Derbyshire Dales \| East Lindsey \| East Northamptonshire \| Erewash \| Gedling \| Harborough \| High Peak \| Hinckley and Bosworth \| Kettering \| Leicester \| Lincoln \| Mansfield \| Melton \| Newark and Sherwood \| Northampton \| North East Derbyshire \| North Kesteven \| North West Leicestershire \| Nottingham \| Oadby and Wigston \| Rushcliffe \| Rutland \| South Derbyshire \| South Holland \| South Kesteven \| South Northamptonshire \| Wellingborough \| West Lindsey
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire

Categories: Stub | Leicestershire

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Melton Mowbray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (481 words)
	Melton Mowbray or Melton is a town in the borough of Melton north-east Leicestershire, England.
	Melton Mowbray is best known for being the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pies, which are filled with sage-flecked, tiny chunks of pork, glistening in rich pork jelly, and encased in a freestanding, crisp, golden pastry crust.
	The Melton Mowbray Town Estate was founded at the time of the reformation, in 1549, when two townsfolk sold gold seqeuestered from the church and bought land to be held in trust for all inhabitants.

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