West Bletchley
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West Bletchley is a district and parish in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The parish covers that part of Bletchley that is south of Standing Way (A421), west of the West Coast Main Line and north of Water Eaton Brook.
The parish has a population of 20,994 according to the 2001 census. The districts and neighbourhoods in the parish are:
- Church Green (including Bletchley Park)
- Far Bletchley
- Old Bletchley
- West Bletchley (district)
- Whaddon
Most districts of West Bletchley Parish are residential, but the district of Bletchley Park is important enough to be summarised here.
[edit] Bletchley Park
Within the West Bletchley parish, in the Church Green district, is Bletchley Park, which, during the Second World War, was home to the Government Code and Cypher School. The German Enigma code was cracked here by, amongst others, Alan Turing. Another cipher machine was solved with the aid of early computing devices, known as Colossus. The park is now a museum, although many areas of the park grounds have been sold off for housing development.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Edward Legg, Early History of Bletchley Park 1235– 1937, Bletchley Park Trust Historic Guides series, No. 1, 1999
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