Bledlow

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.71225
longitude= -0.87535
official_name= Bledlow
population=
shire_district= Wycombe
shire_county = Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Wycombe
post_town= PRINCES RISBOROUGH
postcode_district = HP27
postcode_area= HP
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SP778021

Bledlow is a village in the parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated about a mile and a half WSW of Princes Risborough, and on the border with Oxfordshire.The village's name is Anglo-Saxon and means "Bledda's burial mound". In the 10th century the village was recorded as "Bleddanhloew"; in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bledelai".

The village is situated on the Roman road Icknield Way and is the location where several springs form a small pool called the Lyde. The water from the springs is said to wear away the chalk on which the village stands, giving rise to the simple local medieval nursery rhyme:quotation
:They who live and do abide:Shall see Bledlow Church fall into the Lyde

The brook running from the pool into the nearby valley (called the Lyde Brook) provided water power for two mills for many years.

Above the village, carved into the chalk of the nearby hill is a large cross, similar to that found at Whiteleaf. It is thought that this is the barrow or burial mound referred to in the village name.

Within the parish boundary of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton lie several hamlets, as is common with most villages in this area. The principal hamlet is Bledlow Ridge. The others are Forty Green (not to be confused with Forty Green near Beaconsfield), Pitch Green, Rout's Green, Skittle Green and Holly Green.

The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

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