BLUNHAM, a parish (formerly a market-town) in
the hundred of WIXAMTREE, county of BEDFORD, 5j
miles (N.N.W.) from Biggleswade, containing,-with the
hamlet of Moggerhanger, 945 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £46. 2.11.,
and in the patronage of Countess de Grey. The clrarch,
dedicated to St. Edmund, contains several ancient monuments
to the memory of different members of the
families of Longueville and Bromsall. There is a place
of worship for Particular Baptists. The market, which
was on Wednesday, and a fair on the festival of St.
James, were granted in 1315. The navigable river Ouse
runs on the western, and the Ivel on the eastern, side
of the parish. There is a mineral spring, called Poplarwell,
but the water is not used for medicinal purposes.