Blaunan, township, Nantglyn par., in mid. of co.
and 4¼ miles SW. of Denbigh.

Blaven. See Blabhein.

Blawith, township, in par. and 6¼ miles N. of Ulver-
ston, N. Lancashire, 2995 ac., pop. 158.

Blaxhall, par., E. Suffolk, 5 miles SW. of Saxmund-
ham, 1975 ac., pop. 513; P.O.

Blaxton, township, Finningley par., S. div. West-
Riding Yorksh., 5 m. NE. of Bawtry, 1850 ac., pop. 216.

Blaydon, town with ry. sta., Winlaton and Ryton
pars., Durham, on river Tyne, 5 miles W. of Gates-
head, 9349 ac., pop. 10,687; P.O., t.o.

nrayne, namiet., Llandebie par., SE. Carmarthen-
shire, 4¼ miles S. of Llandilofawr.

Blayshaw, a small glen, near Pateley Bridge ry. sta.,
West-Riding Yorkshire; contains a lead mine.

Bleaberry Fell, mountain ridge, on E. side of Der-
went Water, W. Cumberland.

Bleaberry Tarn.—lakelet, between High Stile and
Red Pike, Buttermere Vale, W. Cumberland. — 2.
Bleaberry Tarn, lakelet, between Eskdale and Miter-
dale, 6 miles NE. of Ravenglass, W. Cumberland.

Bleadon, par. with ry. sta., mid. Somerset, on river
Axe, 4¼ miles SE. of Weston-super-Mare, 2795 ac., pop.
616; P.O.; there are remains of ancient British camp
on Bleadon Hill.

Blean, par., E. Kent, 2 miles NW. of Canterbury,
2334 ac., pop. 687; P.O.

Bleangate, hundred, St Augustine lathe, E. Kent,
19,810 ac., pop. 7993; contains 8 pars.

Blean, High and Low, 2 hamlets, Bainbridge town-
ship, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 1 mile SW. of
Askrigg.

Bleanish, island, in Upper Lough Erne, Galloon
par., co. Fermanagh, 107 ac., pop. 12.

Bleasby.—par. with ry. sta., in co. and 10¼ miles
NE. of Nottingham, 1550 ac., pop. 296.—2. Bleasby,
hamlet, Legsby par., mid. Lincolnshire, 4¼ miles N. of
Wragby.

Bleasdalc, township, Lancaster par., N. Lancashire,
5 miles NE. of Garstang, 7298 ac., pop. 410; P.O.

Blea Tarn.—lakelet, at head of Watendlath and 6
miles SE. of Keswick, W. Cumberland.—2. Blea Tarn,
lakelet, Little Langdale, Westmorland, 5¼ miles W. of
Ambleside; here Wordsworth placed the home of the
Solitary in the Excursion.

Bleaton, detached section of Rattray par., Perthshire.

Blea "Water, lakelet, Bampton par., W. Westmor-
land, 6 miles NE. of Ambleside.

Blebo, vil., part of Dura Den vil., Kemback par., Fife-
shire, 5½ m. SW. of St Andrews; ¼ m. NE. is the seat
of Blebo House ; 1 m. NE. is the vil. of Blebocraigs.

Blechynden, coastguard sta., 2 miles SW. of South-
ampton, S. Hants, on Southampton Water.

Blcddfa. See Blethvaugh.

Bledington, par., E. Gloucestershire, 4 miles SE. of
Stow-on-the-Wold, 1110 ac., pop. 367 ; P.O.

Bledisloe.—hundred, W. Gloucestershire, 13,017 ac.,
pop. 4760; contains 3 pars.—2. Bledisloe, tithing,
Awre par., W. Gloucestershire, 2 m. SE. of Newnham.

Bledlow, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. Bucks, 3 miles
W. of Princes Risborough, 4169 ac., pop. 1070; P.O.

Blelack, seat, 10 miles NW. of Aboyne, Aberdeensh.

Blelham Tarn, lakelet, extreme N. of Lancashire,
near Windermere Lake, 3½ miles SW. of Ambleside.

Blencarn, hamlet, Kirkland par., E. Cumberland,
8¼ miles SE. of Kirkoswald. See Kirkland and B.

Blencogo, township, Bromfield par., Cumberland,
4¼ miles SW. of Wigton, 1778 ac., pop. 190.

Blencow, ry. sta., 2¼ miles W. of Penrith, E. Cum-
berland; P.O.

Blencow, Great and Little, 2 hamlets, Greystoke
par., E. Cumberland, 4 miles W. of Penrith.

Blend on, hamlet, Bexley par., W. Kent, 3¼ miles E.
of Dartford. Blendon Hall is in the vicinity.

Blendworth, par., N. Hants, 7 miles SW. of Peters-
field, 2334 ac., pop. 298 ; contains seat of B. Lodge.

Bleng, affl. of river Irt, W. Cumberland, 6 m. long.

Blenheim, par., mid. Oxfordshire, near Woodstock,
2269 ac., pop. 122. Blenheim Park is the seat of the
Duke of Marlborough. Towards the building of the
mansion, which is the masterpiece of the architect
Vanbrugh, Parliament voted £500,000, in honour of
the first Duke, for his great victory of Blenheim (1704).
The park contains 2700 ac., and is 12 miles in circuit.