Blainslee, a village in the NE extremity of Melrose parish, Roxburghshire, on the right bank of the river Leader, 3 miles SSE of Lander. A public school at it, with accommodation for 110 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 60, and a grant of £56,9s.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)