Blaston

Blaston
Blaston
	St Giles' Church, Blaston
	Blaston Location within Leicestershire
District	Harborough;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MARKET HARBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE16
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton;

Blaston is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. It is a small parish with a population of 54 according to the 2001 census. As the population had remained less than 100 details from the 2011 census are included in the civil parish of Horninghold. The village is near Nevill Holt, Medbourne and Hallaton. St Giles' Church, Blaston was rebuilt in 1878. Blaston was first mentioned in Domesday Book and the name probably means the settlement of Bleath (an Anglo-Saxon).[1][2]

Annual Show

There is an annual show on the last Sunday in June, organised by the Blaston and District Agricultural Society.[3] In 2011, the show took place on Sunday 26 June, close to the nearby village of Slawston. The Show raises money for local charities.

References

Ekwall, E. (1940) The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names, 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press
"Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
"Home". Blaston Show. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

External links

52.551°N 0.814°W / 52.551; -0.814

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[1] Ekwall, E. (1940) The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names, 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press

[2] "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[3] "Home". Blaston Show. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.