- West Bletchley
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West Bletchley is a district and civil parish[1] that covers the western part of Bletchley, a constituent town of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. 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 remainder of Bletchley is combined with Fenny Stratford to form the parish of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford).
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Population and geography
- The parish has a population of 20,994 according to the 2001 census. As of 2010, the West Bletchley parish population is estimated to be 21,900.[2]
West Bletchley contains three major districts with parish council wards within them, these wards/Estates include:
Old Bletchley
- Church Green
- Bletchley Park
- Poets
Far Bletchley
- Castles
- Fairways
- Racecourses
- Rivers
- Saints
West Bletchley District
- Abbys
- Scotts
- Counties
Most districts of West Bletchley Parish are residential, but the district of Bletchley Park is important enough to be summarised here.
Bletchley Park
Main article: Bletchley Park
The main house at 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.
Cultural References
George Bowling, the protagonist of Coming Up for Air, the 1939 novel by George Orwell, lives in West Bletchley.
See also
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, the other civil parish for 'greater Bletchley'.
- Holne Chase Primary School
References
- ^ Parishes in Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Council.
- ^ [1] - Milton Keynes Council.
Further reading
- Edward Legg, Early History of Bletchley Park 1235–1937, Bletchley Park Trust Historic Guides series, No. 1, 1999
See also
Civil parishes in Milton Keynes Astwood • Bletchley and Fenny Stratford • Bow Brickhill • Bradwell • Bradwell Abbey • Broughton • Calverton • Campbell Park • Castlethorpe • Central Milton Keynes • Chicheley • Clifton Reynes • Cold Brayfield • Emberton • Gayhurst • Great Linford • Hanslope • Hardmead • Haversham-cum-Little Linford • Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow • Lathbury • Lavendon • Little Brickhill • Loughton • Milton Keynes • Moulsoe • New Bradwell • Newport Pagnell • Newton Blossomville • North Crawley • Olney • Ravenstone • Shenley Brook End • Shenley Church End • Sherington • Simpson • Stantonbury • Stoke Goldington • Stony Stratford • Tyringham and Filgrave • Walton • Warrington • Wavendon • West Bletchley • Weston Underwood • Woburn Sands • Wolverton and Greenleys • Woughton
Categories:- Civil parishes in Milton Keynes Borough
- Milton Keynes
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