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Bletchley was relegated to the status of suburb. [15] Bletchley thrived in the early years of the growth of Milton Keynes, since it was the main shopping area. Bletchley centre was altered considerably when the Brunel Shopping Centre was built in the early 1970s, creating a new end to Queensway.
Former Council Offices, 263 Queensway, Bletchley. A site was bought later in 1901 at the corner of Victoria Road and Bletchley Road (renamed Queensway in 1966), in between the two centres of Fenny Stratford and Bletchley. A new building called "Council Offices" was built during 1902, with the architect being John Chadwick of Bletchley. [14]
In 1966, after a Royal Visit, Bletchley Urban District Council renamed Bletchley Road as "Queensway". [6] Central Bletchley is bordered by the West Coast Main Line to the west, the Water Eaton Brook and Water Eaton Road to the south, North Street and Bletchley Leisure Centre to the North and Knowles School/Leon Recreational Ground to the East ...
With compulsory purchase, Bletchley Road (now renamed Queensway after a royal visit in 1966) became the new high street with wide pavements where front gardens once lay. Houses near the railway end were replaced by shops but those nearer Fenny Stratford became banks and professional premises.
English: Built 1902 for Fenny Stratford Urban District Council, which was renamed Bletchley Urban District Council in 1911. Council abolished 1974, being absorbed into Milton Keynes Borough Council. Council abolished 1974, being absorbed into Milton Keynes Borough Council.
[4] [5] Originally founded as two separate boys and girls schools on Bletchley Road (Queensway), the schools unified as a coeducational senior school in 1937. [6] In the 1960s it was renamed to Leon Secondary School, in honour of Sir Herbert Leon, and relocated to Fern Grove in 1971, becoming a comprehensive.
Bletchley & Fenny Stratford [68] Thomas Aquinas: Roman Catholic: Bletchley Parish Spurgeon Baptist Church, Water Eaton Bletchley & Fenny Stratford [73] Charles Spurgeon: 1797 Baptist Union: Current building 1892 Queensway Methodist Church, Bletchley Bletchley & Fenny Stratford [8] Methodist: Milton Keynes Circuit New Covenant Church Milton Keynes
Newton Leys is a district that covers the southern tip of Bletchley (a constituent town of Milton Keynes) and straddles the boundary between the City of Milton Keynes and the rest of Buckinghamshire. The larger fraction of Newton Leys lies within Milton Keynes and forms a part of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford civil parish.