Basildon,
Essex, England
Basildon,
Essex, England
The plotland area around Dunton, Laindon and Langdon Hills was very important to many hundreds of people from the 1930s to the 1970s. Now, the best part of almost a century later, thousands of their descendants and friends continue to be fascinated by the unique sense of freedom and exhilaration they felt. All this despite - or because of - a whole range of difficult conditions.
We hope to be able to use these pages to enable others to acquaint themselves with something that has now completely disappeared - and to gain some insight into why so many feel so much nostalgia about possession of a small plot of derelict farmland on which they could build.
If you have memories or photographs of the Dunton Plotlands that you would like to share, contact Peter Jackson at:
Wendover, Coombe Cottage and Vera Joan Plotlanders' Reunion Links
Early Plotlands Plotlands Revisited Further Reading
Around the Dunton Plotland Around the Dunton Plotland 2 Last Days The area today
