Priory Heath
PRIORY HEATH: Private aerodrome
Operated by: Anderson & Pool Aviation
Location: Just SE of Ipswich town centre
Period of operation: Unknown? Probably 1919 to 1921/2?
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Local map c.1881
Newspaper article
Local map c.1913
Aerial photo 1935
The second item was published in The Halesworth Times and East Suffolk Advertiser on the 1st June 1921.
Article in Flight
Local area map c.1961
Google Earth © view
Local map c.1925
The fifth item is an excerpt from Flight magazine published on the 4th December 1919.
NOTES: The ‘joy-riding’ firm Anderson & Pool were based at PRIORY HEATH near Ipswich operating in the early years after WW1. It appears they purchased the Avro 504K G-EAIB from Berkshire Aviation Co.
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