2009

SP8634 : "Hut 1", Bletchley Park

taken 14 years ago, near to Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England

"Hut 1", Bletchley Park
"Hut 1", Bletchley Park
Originally the home of the financier and Liberal MP, Sir Herbert Samuel Leon (1850–1926), the Bletchley Park estate passed out of the Leon family in 1937. During World War II the estate became the site of the UK's main decryption effort, becoming known as Station X. It was here that the codes and ciphers of several Axis countries were decrypted, most important being the ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.

Some 9,000 people were working at Bletchley Park at the height of the code-breaking efforts, many of the teams being housed in temporary huts designated by numbers. See also . . .

SP8634 : "Huts 3, 6 & 1", Bletchley Park;
SP8634 : "Hut 6", Bletchley Park;
SP8634 : "Hut 3", Bletchley Park;
SP8634 : "Hut 8", Bletchley Park;
SP8634 : "Hut 8", Bletchley Park;
SP8634 : "Hut 8", Bletchley Park.

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Gerald Massey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 31 October, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 23 November, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 864 341 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:59.9179N 0:44.5748W
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