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Bletchley is an independent town lying to the south of Milton Keynes. Its name came from the Anglo Saxon Blecca's Lea (meadow or clearing) It was originally bounded by the Roman Watling Street, the River Ouzel, an ancient Roman Trackway and Rickley Lane.
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History
Bletchley is known as Blechelai back in the 12th century.
Bletchley was oriqinally a twin-centred village: around the parish church of Bletchley and to the south-west around the area marked as Far Bletchley. It grew up under the Normans, along with Water Eaton. Although connected throughout several centuries by land ownership and the church, these settlements did not grow together until the present century, when they joined with Fenny Stratford.
Bletchley Park was the secret home of the famous Enigma codebreakers during the World War Two.
Most of the changes and growth have been brought about by evolutions and revolutions in communications until the planned expansion from 1952 onwards. The Roman roads along Watling Street and from Buckingham crossed here. Turnpike roads, canals, railways and national roads all affected the emergence and shape of Bletchley. In modern times they have acted as barriers.
The railway was the first major stimulus to the growth of Bietchley, but it was only after about 1870 that the population began to increase appreciably. Most of this growth occurred along the Bletchley Road (Queensway) and eventually joined Bletchley and Fenny in the early 20th Century
The middle section consisted of substantial middle class houses, some of which remain as banks and offices. A central business district started to develop quite separate from any forner nucleus. Other major stimuli to growth were brick-making, which greatly expanded in the 1920s, and the temporary acquisition of Bletchley Park by the Foreign Office in 1939 as a coding centre.
As the population figures show, however, the biggest change came about in the 1950s and 60s. Having been turned dawn in 1948 as a site for a new town, Bletchley began its expansion with London "overspill" slightly before the passing of the Town Development Act in 1952; as a consequence a special clause had to be inserted in the bill to legalise this.
The expansion took place in three phases, The first phase, taking the population to 19,500, included housing to the west, south and east, while industry was developed in Denbigh West (later extending to Denbigh East). Phase two from 1959 was mainly along the western link road {Whaddon Way). The third phase from 1967, in conjunction with the Greater London Council, was the development of the Lakes Estate. (Many of the houses built during this period had problems and had to be renovated particlularly in West Bletchley and the Lakes.
The first ten year development plan for Milton Keynes involved the construction of a crescent between Stony Stratford and Wolverton and Bletchley. These towns acted as district centres. Bletchley provided some of the early vital services. These were added to when the Leisure Centre was built and the the Windmill Hill Golf course. The Brunel shopping centre followed with a large Sainsburys supermarket.
Regeneration framework for Central Bletchley will change the town over the coming years, creating an vibrant and dynamic town centre. Some of the regeneration projects include:
Bletchley Leisure Centre:- A new high quality replacement leisure facility is to be contained within the existing leisure centre site together with an additional 300 homes. Construction work is expected to complete by November 2009.
The Blue Lagoon Nature Reserve, the River Ouzel, the West Bletchley Sensory Gardens and the Grand Union Canal are some of the attractions in Bletchley. Bletchley is now home to the Milton Keynes Dons Football Club at the stadium:mk in Denbigh. Alongside this is a large ASDA and an Ikea store
Bletchley is a traditional town with a wide range of housing.
For details of education visit the Education Guide
For shopping details visit Bletchley Shopping
For business details visit business directory
Visit Bletchley and fenny Stratford Town Council website
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