Blore
Blore is a small village and parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of England. It is on an acclivity above Dovedale, three and a half miles north west of Ashbourne, including the hamlet of Swinscoe, one mile to the south and a part of the parochial chapelry of Calton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Blore, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Bartholomew, Blore and Church of the Holy Cross.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Dennis Thorley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of the Holy Cross is the Church of England parish church of Ilam, Staffordshire, England. It is within the grounds of Ilam Park. The church is a Grade I listed building, and has been since 1967.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary’s Church is situated 1½ miles south of Blore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calton and Thorpe.
Calton
Village
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calton is a village and a former parochial chapelry and civil parish, now in the parish of Waterhouses, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Calton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Blore.
Thorpe
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire; it is on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border, on the east bank of the River Dove, about four miles north of Ashbourne. Thorpe is situated 2 miles northeast of Blore.
Mapleton
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mapleton, sometimes spelt Mappleton, is a village and a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, in the English county of Derbyshire. It is near the River Dove and the town of Ashbourne. Mapleton is situated 2½ miles east of Blore.
Blore
- Category: village
- Location: Blore with Swinscoe, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Blore” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blore”
- French: “Blore”
- Irish: “Blore”
- Italian: “Blore”
- Polish: “Blore”
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