What is "blakesley"

Blakesley is a village in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It is about west of Towcester. It is about above sea level according to Ordnance Survey. North-west of Blakesley, and now contiguous with it, is the hamlet of Quinbury End.

Blakesley is a surname and may refer:

• Joseph Williams Blakesley (1808-1885), English Anglican clergyman and author
• Nora David, Baroness David (née Blakesley) (born 1913), Labour peer from Cambridge, England

<!--COMMENTED OUT (TO DISCOURAGE RE-CREATION) AS THIS IS A SURNAME ARTICLE AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW THESE HALLS ARE REFERRED TO AS "BLAKESLEY": Blakesley may also refer to:

• Blakesley Hall, a Tudor manor house in Birmingham, West Midlands, England