BLUNTISHAM, a parish in the hundred of HURSTINGSTONE,
county of HUNTINGDON, 4 miles (N. E. by
E.) from St. Ives, containing 635 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£32. 16. 0., and in the patronage of the Bishop ol'
Ely. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Thm> is
a place of worship for Particular Baptists. The Dt-tiii
and Chapter of Ely are in possession of a manor here,
for which they hold courts. The navigable river Oust;
forms the southern boundary of the parish for the distance
of about three miles. The Rev. Mr. Saywoll, in
1708, gave land, now producing about £50 per annum,
for the support of a charity school. Lands are held in
trust, by a body of feoffees, for the use of the poor, who
have also the benefit of divers small benefactions, periodically
distributed. A tremendous hurricane, in September
1741, in its sweeping ravages across the country,
threw down sixty barns, and about twelve dwellinghouses
in this parish, besides effecting considerable
damage on other kinds of property.