In 1968 BT began the move of its research to the new site at Martlesham Heath in Suffolk.
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Research in the company was first established in 1921 at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, London.
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The Royal Air Force were the original residents of the site in Suffolk at RAF Martlesham Heath.
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When the site opened it was known as the Post Office Research Station, but it was subsequently renamed BT Research Laboratories or BT Labs and later Adastral Park to reflect an expansion in the organisations and activities co-located with BT Labs at the campus.
Later, he headed the scientific side of R14, the division working on optical character recognition for postal mechanisation, which moved to the new BT Research Centre at Martlesham in Suffolk.