2017

SP8633 : The lake at Bletchley Park

taken 7 years ago, near to Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England

The lake at Bletchley Park
The lake at Bletchley Park
Originally the home of the financier and Liberal MP, Sir Herbert Samuel Leon (1850–1926), the Bletchley Park Mansion evolved in line with its owner's eccentric tastes into a hotch-potch of Victorian Gothic, Tudor and Dutch Baroque architectural styles. The estate, which was sold by the Leon family in 1937, was to become the centre of the UK's main decryption effort during WWII, and it was here that the codes and ciphers of several Axis countries were decrypted, among them the ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.

[Credit for above paragraph goes to Ian Petticrew Link ]

For many more photos of the site, see Basher Eyre's portfolio: Link


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Geographical Context: Park and Public Gardens Lakes, Wetland, Bog Educational sites Defence, Military Place: Milton Keynes Primary Subject: Lake other tags: Bletchley Park Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SP8633, 519 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Graham Hogg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 19 May, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 30 May, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 8652 3388 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:59.7981N 0:44.4733W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 86562 33920
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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