Territorial Service), who had been trained on the Isle of Man. They intercepted German and Italian messages, many of which had been enciphered on Enigma machines. It was the most difficult of signals intelligence gathering, because the enciphering meant that no prediction was possible. Once gathered, the intercepts were sent by motorcycle courier to Bletchley Park, for decryption. Collectively, the women who worked at Beaumanor were known as the WOYGians. References Sources Wessel, Caroline (1988) Portrait of Beaumanor, The Herricks and Beaumanor Society, This article contains text that has been reproduced by permission of Beaumanor & Garats HaY Amateur Radio Society M0GBY.'' External links Beaumanor history Bletchley Park Museum Garats Hay Branch of Royal British Legion Country houses in Leicestershire Grade II* listed buildings in Leicestershire Military history of Leicestershire Y service