English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Blenheim Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Rolleston

Etymology

, v. plantation ; commemorating the victory of the Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession .