Place:Blaston, Leicestershire, England

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NameBlaston
Alt namesBladestonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Blastonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Blauestonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
TypeChapelry, Parish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.551°N 0.814°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoGartree Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included
Hallaton Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district, 1894-1935
Market Harborough Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district, 1935 - 1974
Harborough District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality from 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Blaston is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District of Leicestershire, England. It is a small parish with a population of 54 according to the 2001 UK census. As the population was less than 100, details from the 2011 census are combined with those of the neighbouring civil parish of Horninghold. The village is near Nevill Holt, Medbourne and Hallaton. The parish church of St Giles was rebuilt in 1878. Blaston was first mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 and the name probably means the settlement of Bleath (an Anglo-Saxon).

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