STILTON, a town of the hundred of Normancross, in the county of Huntingdon, seventy-four miles from London. It stands on the great north road, and has many good inns, with post-horses. It has long been celebrated for the excellence of its cheese. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 509, in 1811 to 663, in 1821 to 710, and in 1831 to 793.