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The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is a classical building with a copula on top of the tower and was built in 1732.
To the south of the town a six arch stone bridge spans the slow-moving river Stour
One of the largest indistries in the town is the Badger Brewery which supplies beer and ale to public houses across the region.
Blandford has been a fording point since Anglo-Saxon times, when it was recorded as Blaen-y-ford, place by the ford. By the 13th century12th century 13th century 14th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. Events Fourth through eighth crusades of western European kingdoms against Islam Fall of it had become an important market townThe market town is a medieval phenomenon. In Britain, even up to the 19th century, the majority of people lived off the land, and relatively few in towns. Market towns were an important feature of rural life, as some place names remind us: Market Drayton,, with a livestock market serving the nearby Blackmore ValeThe Blackmore Vale is a vale, or wide valley, in North Dorset, and to a lesser extent South Somerset and southwest Wiltshire in southern England. The vale is part of the Stour valley. The vale is delimited by the Dorset Downs, a chalk ridge to the south; with its many Dairy farms. There is still a weekly market held in the town.
In 1731Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. Births May 8 Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, abolitionist (died 1809) June 21 Martha Washington October 10 Henry Cavendish, Engl much of the town was destroyed in a fire. John and William Bastard rebuilt the town over the following 30 years and the town centre is an excelent example of Georgian architectureGeorgian architecture is the name given in English-speaking countries to the classic architectural styles current between about 1720 and 1840, named after the four British monarchs named George. The Georgian styles succeeded the English Baroque of Sir Chr from the 1730sEvents and Trends The Great Awakening A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies World l to 1760sEvents and Trends King George III ascends the British throne in 1760. The Seven Years' War ( 1756 1763) comes to an end and France cedes Canada to Britain, yet criticism of the government grows, led by the controversial figure of John Wilkes. Meanwhile, u.
Sights in the town include Blandford Town Hall and Blandford Church .
Blandford is the Shottesford Forum of Thomas Hardy's novels.
In 1590, Edmund Spenser mentioned the town in The Faerie Queene.
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