Blenheim

Blenheim

Blenheim may refer to:

*Battle of Blenheim, a battle fought between a Grand Alliance and a French-Bavarian army during the War of the Spanish Succession
*Blenheim Palace, a large stately home in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, built for the victor of the Battle of Blenheim, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Places

* Blenheim, English name of Blindheim, a village in Bavaria, Germany, site of the Battle of Blenheim
* Blenheim (Maryland), the historic Maryland estate of the Lees of Virginia, United States
* Blenheim, New York, a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States
* Blenheim, New Zealand, a town in the north of the South Island of New Zealand
* Blenheim, Ontario, a town in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
* Blenheim, Oxfordshire, a village in England
* Blenheim Road, a road in North Ryde and a road in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia
* Blenheim, South Carolina, a town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States
** Blenheim Ginger Ale, a beverage bottled in Blenheim, South Carolina, United States
* Blenheim Street, a street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Other

* Blenheim II, a racehorse that won the Epsom Derby
* Blenheim, the brown and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
* Blenheim High School, a school in Surrey, United Kingdom
* Blenheim Horse Trials, a competition held at Blenheim Palace
* Blenheim Orange, a cultivar of apple
* Bristol Blenheim, a World War II-era light bomber used primarily by the Royal Air Force
* HMS Blenheim, several ships of the Royal Navy
* Blenheim Royal (Schreiner 1990), a tall, blue, bearded iris (genus)


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  • Blenheim — Blenheim, SC U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 137 Housing Units (2000): 78 Land area (2000): 0.652059 sq. miles (1.688825 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.652059 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Blenheim, SC — U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 137 Housing Units (2000): 78 Land area (2000): 0.652059 sq. miles (1.688825 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.652059 sq. miles (1.688825 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Blenheim — Blenheim, 1) Dorf an der Donau im Landgericht Höchstädt, im baierischen Kreise Schwaben, mit 800 Ew. Hier 1704 Sieg der verbündeten Österreicher, Engländer u. Holländer unter Marlborough u. Prinz Eugen über die Franzosen u. Baiern unter Tallard,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Blenheim — Blenheim, s. Blindheim …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Blenheim — Blenheim, bayr. Dorf, s. Blindheim …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Blenheim — Blenheim, s. Höchstädt; in England B. house das von der engl. Nation dem Marlborough für seinen Sieg geschenkte Landgut in Oxfordshire …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Blenheim — Blenheim, batalla de ► C. de Nueva Zelanda, cap. del área de Marlborough, en la Isla del Sur; 22 300 h …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Blenheim —   [ blenɪm],    1) englischer Name der deutschen Ortschaft Blindheim.    2) Stadt im Nordosten der Südinsel von Neuseeland, 19 000 Einwohner; Gartenstadt in intensiv genutztem Landwirtschaftsgebiet (Gemüse, Obst, Wein); …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Blenheim — (Dutch, French), Blindheim (German) …   Names of cities in different languages

  • Blenheim — [blen′əm] village in S Germany, in the state of Bavaria: site of a battle (1704) in the War of the Spanish Succession in which the English Austrian army under Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeated the Franco Bavarian forces …   English World dictionary

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