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:The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies is the county record office for Buckinghamshire, England. It houses the former Buckinghamshire Record Office and the former Buckinghamshire Local Studies Library.
:The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies is the county record office for Buckinghamshire, England. It houses the former Buckinghamshire Record Office and the former Buckinghamshire Local Studies Library.
== Museums ==
=== Bletchley Park Trust ===
'''Bletchley Park Trust'''<br>The Mansion<br>Bletchley Park<br>Sherwood Drive<br>Bletchley<br>Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK3 6EB UK<br>Telephone: 01908 640404<br>
Email: [mailto:info@bletchleypark.org.uk info@bletchleypark.org.uk]<br>
Website: [https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk Bletchley Park]
:Bletchley Park was the central site for British codebreakers during World War II. It housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain.


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Archives[edit | edit source]

Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies[edit | edit source]

Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
County Hall
Walton Street
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1UU UK
Telephone (Archives): 01296 382 587 Telephone (Local Studies): 01296 382 250
Email (Archives): archives@buckscc.gov.uk Email (Local Studies): localstudies@buckscc.gov.uk
Website: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies-TNA
Website: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies-Bucks County Council

The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies is the county record office for Buckinghamshire, England. It houses the former Buckinghamshire Record Office and the former Buckinghamshire Local Studies Library.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Bletchley Park Trust[edit | edit source]

Bletchley Park Trust
The Mansion
Bletchley Park
Sherwood Drive
Bletchley
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK3 6EB UK
Telephone: 01908 640404
Email: info@bletchleypark.org.uk
Website: Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park was the central site for British codebreakers during World War II. It housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain.