BLANDFORD, a town of Dorsetshire in England. It is pleasantly seated on the river Store near the Downs, but has been subject to several dreadful fires, particularly in 1731, when almost the whole town was burnt down; but it has since been rebuilt finer than before. It has the title of a marquise, and lies in W. Long. 2. 15. N. Lat. 50. 50.