Woodford Aerodrome Woodford Aerodrome Woodford Aerodrome or Manchester Woodford Aerodrome is a former private airfield and aircraft factory located at Woodford, Greater Manchester. The site, which is north of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, was opened by the Avro company shortly after the First World War. It became an important production centre for military aircraft during the Second World War. Notable planes made at the factory include the Avro Anson, Avro Lancaster, Avro Shackleton and Avro Vulcan. After almost 80 years of continual aircraft manufacture at the site, Woodford was closed and sold off by BAE Systems in 2011. The aerodrome opened in 1924
Woodford, London moneyed people who had business in London. As part of the suburban growth of London at the turn of the 20th century, Woodford significantly increased in population, becoming a municipal borough with neighbouring Wanstead in 1937 and forming part of Greater London since 1965. Woodford appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Wdefort", although its earliest recorded use is earlier in 1062 as "Wudeford". The name is Old English and means 'ford in or by the wood'. The ford refers to a crossing of the River Roding, which was replaced with a bridge by 1238; this led to the renaming