The name is believed to have come from an Old English place-name meaning "Blaecwulf's wood or clearing" (or "black wolf's wood/clearing").

[3] Blakesley has a pub named the Bartholomew Arms, a primary school and its own village shop with a post office.

Since 2006 it has formed part of the Lambfold benefice[4] along with the parishes of Adstone, Maidford, Litchborough and Farthingstone.

[5] The station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJ) served the village from 1873 to 1962.

It was linked to nearby Blakesley Hall by a miniature railway which ran from a terminal adjacent to the station.