Blashford

Blashford, Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
Hampshire
SU1506
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXX.7
Blashford
otherwise: Blachford, 1170; Blecheford, 1248; Blaschforde, 1429
refce: Coates 1989
BLASHFORD, hamlet in Ellingham
Old English 'Blaeccea's ford'; but the personal name is unattested. It is a derivative of 'blaec'='black'.
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001