Blenheim may refer to:

• Battle of Blenheim, a battle fought between a Grand Alliance and a French-Bavarian army during the War of the Spanish Succession
• Blenheim Palace, a large stately home in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, built for the victor of the Battle of Blenheim, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Places

• Blenheim, English name of Blindheim, a village in Bavaria, Germany, site of the Battle of Blenheim
• Blenheim (Maryland), the historic Maryland estate of the Lees of Virginia, United States
• Blenheim, New York, a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States
• Blenheim, New Zealand, a town in the north of the South Island of New Zealand
• Blenheim, Ontario, a town in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
• Blenheim, Oxfordshire, a village in England
• Blenheim Road, a road in North Ryde and a road in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia
• Blenheim, South Carolina, a town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States
  • Blenheim Ginger Ale, a beverage bottled in Blenheim, South Carolina, United States
• Blenheim Street, a street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Other

• Blenheim II, a racehorse that won the Epsom Derby
• Blenheim, the brown and white Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
• Blenheim High School, a school in Surrey, United Kingdom
• Blenheim Horse Trials, a competition held at Blenheim Palace
• Blenheim Orange, a cultivar of apple
• Bristol Blenheim, a World War II-era light bomber used primarily by the Royal Air Force
• HMS Blenheim, several ships of the Royal Navy

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Blenheim". Image Credit.

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