Blankenham is a village in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Steenwijkerland.

It was named after Frederick of Blankenheim, the Prince-Bishop of Utrecht[3] who gave the villagers permission to build a church and establish an independent parish.

[5] The Dutch Reformed Church was finished in 1893, and is near a little pond which is a remnant of the 1825 flood.

It replaced an 1816 church which was lost due to a lightning strike.

After 18 days, the canon was returned with a stone lion to guard it.