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The lands of the Bletchley Park estate were formerly part of the Manor of Eaton, included in the Domesday Book in 1086.

Browne Willis built a mansion in 1711, but this was pulled down by Thomas Harrison, who had acquired the property in 1793.

The estate was first known as Bletchley Park during the ownership of Samuel Lipscomb Seckham, who purchased it in 1877.

The estate was sold on 4 June 1883 to Sir Herbert Samuel Leon ( 1850 – 1926 ), a financier and Liberal MP.

Leon expanded the existing farmhouse into the present mansion.