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Title: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: IAFC on Tuesday 25 November 08 22:30 GMT (UK)

Hi

Has anyone ever heard of Noel Cottages in Bletchley?

Regards

IanC

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: Nadine Moore on Tuesday 02 December 08 19:38 GMT (UK)

Hi Ian

What time period are we looking at to try to find these cottages

cheers

dinie

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: IAFC on Tuesday 02 December 08 22:20 GMT (UK)

Hi Dinie

My info, as attached, is from a Great War document of 1915.

I have to say that I was raised from birth in Fenny/Bletchley and lived there until I was 35 before moving to New Bradwell (and then on to Ireland in the summer), and I had never heard of Noel Cottages.

Regards

IanC

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: Nadine Moore on Tuesday 02 December 08 22:50 GMT (UK)

Hi Ian

I have family in Bletchley still, they have been there many years so I will ask if they have heard of it. I still live in MK myself.
If I can find anything out, i'll let you know.
cheers
dinie

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: Fiona Warner on Tuesday 05 November 19 13:59 GMT (UK)

Hi Ian, I do hope you are still on the group to hear this happy news.  I have heard of them!  They are a set of 8 workers cottages built by Lord Leon (Noel being his name in reverse) in 1904.  They are situated on Church Green Road in Bletchley.  Lord Leon also built a former set, named after himself (the Leon Cottages) also on Church Green Road.  There are photos of the cottages in the Mansion at Bletchley Park, and also in the Old Beams pub in Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes.

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: Darnity on Tuesday 05 November 19 15:02 GMT (UK)

Quote from: Fiona Warner on Tuesday 05 November 19 13:59 GMT (UK)

Hi Ian, I do hope you are still on the group to hear this happy news.  I have heard of them!  They are a set of 8 workers cottages built by Lord Leon (Noel being his name in reverse) in 1904.  They are situated on Church Green Road in Bletchley.  Lord Leon also built a former set, named after himself (the Leon Cottages) also on Church Green Road.  There are photos of the cottages in the Mansion at Bletchley Park, and also in the Old Beams pub in Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes.

If you contact Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society I think they may have some old photos too.

http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/bahs/archive.html

The MK Heritage Association website is always a useful place to look for info about anywhere in greater Milton Keynes.

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: sugarbakers on Tuesday 05 November 19 15:24 GMT (UK)

Then ...

https://talkaboutbletchley.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/bletchley-photos-67/p3601-noel-cottages-on-church-green-road-1905/

Now ... (2 pics)

https://mylocalplaque.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/1904-noel-cottages-bletchley-bucks/

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: tazzie on Tuesday 05 November 19 15:30 GMT (UK)

There is a postcard currently for sale of the first link above by sugarbakers on ebay. It's £6.

Tried to add think but it went wrong.

Tazzie

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: sugarbakers on Tuesday 05 November 19 16:41 GMT (UK)

... here it is, tazzie ...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-POSTCARD-BLETCHLEY-VILLAGE-MILTON-KEYNES-BUCKS-WHS-REAL-PHOTO-VINTAGE-C-1910/401892581462?hash=item5d92aa2056:g:-8gAAOSwk~VclmPL

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: tazzie on Tuesday 05 November 19 17:58 GMT (UK)

Thank you..... I must have missed a bit somewhere.

Only looked at it at the weekend .

Tazzie

Title: Re: Noel Cottages, Bletchley
Post by: IAFC55 on Thursday 12 December 19 23:32 GMT (UK)

Hi Folks

That's great, thanks very much for that.

Regards

IanC