Stop 4: Sir Alliott Verdon Roe

From the previous stop: Carry on up Links Lane to Number 51, Links Lane, on the left.

Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon-Roe

Copyright Acknowledgement

  • Sir Alliott lived in this house, “Longacres”, from 1940 to 1958.
  • He was the first Englishman to design and construct his own plane.
  • He founded A.V Roe and Company Ltd.
  • His planes were used on bombing raids in WWI.

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