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==History== In 1582, [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] made a grant of [[Gayhurst House|Gayhurst Manor]] "in the event of its reversion to the Crown" to [[Sir Francis Drake]],<ref name=VCH /> but there is no record that he ever received it. The house once belonged to Sir [[Everard Digby]] (1578β1606),<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Digby, Sir Everard | volume= 8 |last= Yorke | first= Philip Chesney |author-link= | pages = 260–261 |short= 1}}</ref> one of the conspirators in the [[Gunpowder Plot]] of 1605.<ref name=VCH /> His son, Sir [[Kenelm Digby]] (1603β1665), was an English courtier, diplomat, natural philosopher and astrologer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Digby, Sir Kenelm | volume= 8 |last= Yorke | first= Philip Chesney |author-link= | pages = 261–262 |short= 1}}</ref> He was born at Gayhurst. Gayhurst had an outstation from the [[Bletchley Park]] codebreaking establishment, where one of the [[Bombe]]s used to decode German [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] messages in World War Two were housed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=344934&resourceID=19191 |title=Historic England Research Records {{!}} Gayhurst House |publisher=Historic Gateway |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref> ===Listed buildings and structures=== The parish has two buildings [[listed building|listed]] at Grade I,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1115951 |desc=Flat numbers 13 to 26, Gayhurst Court }};<br />{{NHLE |num=1211931 |desc=Church of St Peter, Gayhurst Court }}</ref> five at Grade II* and 20 at grade II.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?searchType=NHLE+Simple&search=Gayhurst&page=1 |title= Search Results for 'Gayhurst' | publisher=Historic England |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> <!-- The search returns a total of 31 but four of the places listed are not in Gayhurst --> The (Grade I listed) Church of St Peter was built in the classical style in 1728 to replace a medieval church; the designer is unknown.<ref>Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) ''Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South''. London: Collins; p. 127</ref>
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