Bletsoe is a small village and civil parish in the Bedford district of Bedfordshire, about 7 miles north of Bedford, and just off the A6 and near the River Great Ouse. Nearby places are Sharnbrook, Thurleigh and Milton Ernest. The village was described in the Domesday Book as Blechesou. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Bedford is a local government district and borough in the East of England. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ... This article is about the A6 road in England. ... The Great Ouse at St Neots The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. ... Sharnbrook Upper School Sharnbrook is a village in Bedfordshire, England. ... Doomesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ...