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Blandford Forum is an English town in the county of Dorset. Blandford rests on the River Stour, and has a neighbouring small village called Blandford St Mary.
Blandford has been a fording point since Anglo-Saxon times. In the Domesday Book it was recorded as Blaen-y-ford and as Blaneford, which means ford of the river of blay or gudgeon.
In the 13th century, Blandford Forum was a significant market town, with its livestock market serving the nearby Blackmore Vale with its many Dairy farms. The word forum is Latin for market, and was recorded in association with Blandford in 1540. Blandford was a welcome break for those travelling between port of Weymouth and the capital London. There is still a weekly market held in the market place, which has remained roughly unchanged for over two hundred years.
The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is a classical Georgian style building with a copula on top of the tower and was rebuilt in the 18th century having been destroyed in the fire of 1731. Blandford Forum is considered one of the finest examples of a Georgian town in Britain. 'The Old House', in The Close, built before the fire of 1731 is one of the oldest buildings in the town.
Following Blandford’s fire of 1731, much of the town ended up in tatters. John and William Bastard oversaw the town’s reconstruction for the next 30 years, creating the fine Georgian town seen today. To the south of the town a six arch stone bridge spans the slow-moving River Stour.
Blandford Forum continued to prosper however, helped by the deliberate destruction of the neighbouring market town of Milton Abbas between 1771 and 1790 by the Earl of Dorchester, who replaced it with a more modest model village, Blandford St Mary. New housing grew along Dorset and Orchard Streets, and later after the arrival of the railway, in streets running off from Salisbury Road.
One of the largest industries currently in Blandford Forum is the Badger Brewery which supplies beer and ale to public houses across the region.
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Botany Bay Inn,The
Tel: 01929 459227 - Winterborne Zelston, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 9ET
Crown,The
Tel: 01258 880838 - North Street, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0NJ
The Dolphin
Tel: 01258 456813 - 42 East Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7DR
Nelsons Ale House
Tel: 01258 451468 - 77 Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7PY
Saxon Inn,The
Tel: 01258 860310 - Gold Hl, Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8HD
Stour Inn,The
Tel: 01258 451276 - Bournemouth Rd, Blandford St. Mary, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 9LH
Three Choughs The
Tel: 01258 453907 - 1b Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7AU
White Horse Inn
Tel: 01258 453535 - Shaston Road, Stourpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TA
Worlds End
Tel: 01929 459671 - Almer, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 9EW
Wyvern Inn Leisure
Tel: 01258 456462 - Clump Fm Indust Est, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7TD
Museum Inn,The
Tel: 01725 516261 - Farnham, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8DE
Crown Inn
Tel: 01258 817448 - Ibberton, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0EN
The Damory Oak Inn
Tel: 01258 488504 - Damory Court Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7QX
The Damory Oak Inn
Tel: 01258 488504 - Damory Court Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7QX
Royal Oak
Tel: 01258 837248 - Dorchester Hill, Milborne St. Andrew, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0JG
Half Moon Inn
Tel: 01747 852456 - Salisbury Rd, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8BS (7.63 miles)
Kings Arms
Tel: 01747 858531 - Bleke Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JZ (7.63 miles)
Ship Inn,The
Tel: 01747 853219 - Bleke Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JZ (7.63 miles)
Talbot Inn,The
Tel: 01747 828222 - The Cross, Berwick St John, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0HA (7.63 miles)
Ye Olde Two Brewers Inn
Tel: 01747 854211 - 24 St. James Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8HE (7.63 miles)
Red Hart
Tel: 01747 850022 - 17 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8AR (7.63 miles)
Mitre Inn
Tel: 01747 852549 - 23 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JE (7.63 miles)
Mitre Inn
Tel: 01747 852549 - 23 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JE (7.63 miles)
Forester Inn,The
Tel: 01747 828038 - Forester Lower St, SP7 9EE (7.63 miles)
Prestige Mobile Bars
Tel: 07779 712487 - 40a Wincombe Business Park, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9QJ (7.63 miles)
White Horse Inn
Tel: 01258 472723 - Hinton St. Mary, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1NA (10.91 miles)
Crown Inn
Tel: 01963 362295 - High Street, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 2LL (10.91 miles)
Blackmore Vale Inn
Tel: 01258 821421 - Burton Street, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1JJ (10.91 miles)
Blackmore Vale Inn
Tel: 01258 821421 - Burton Street, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1JJ (10.91 miles)
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