# Blaston

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**Blaston** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Harborough](/source/Harborough_District) district of [Leicestershire](/source/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](/source/Horninghold). The village is near [Nevill Holt](/source/Nevill_Holt), [Medbourne](/source/Medbourne) and [Hallaton](/source/Hallaton). [St Giles' Church](/source/St_Giles'_Church,_Blaston) in Blaston was rebuilt in 1878. Blaston was first mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/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](/source/Slawston). The Show raises money for local charities.

## References

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

1. ["Key to English Place-names"](http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Blaston). *kepn.nottingham.ac.uk*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210630172618/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Blaston) 30 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

1. ["Home"](https://www.blastonshow.co.uk/). *Blaston Show*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210303062741/https://www.blastonshow.co.uk/) 3 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

## External links

- [Victoria County History on Blaston](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22038)
- [the Society](http://www.blastonshow.co.uk)

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