Further Reading .
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Further Reading .
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Basildon Plotlands - the Londoners' Rural Retreat
by Deanna Walker
"Highly Commended"
Essex Book Awards, best commercial publication category, 2000/2002
Order online now from
http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk:
Go directly to order page: Dunton Plotlands, the Londoners retreat
Memories of Basildon
by Jim Reeve
ISBN: 0752438190 price £12.99
Possibly out of print now (April 2008)
A very interesting read with a whole range of recollections from people old enough to remember the town before it became a new town.
There are just over 100 black and white photographs as well.
Essex in History by Kenneth Neale
An interesting scholarly account of the history of the county from prehistoric to modern times. A brief mention of plotlands and the rise of Basildon new town. Illustrated.
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Plotland Memories by Karen McKay
Published by The Essex Wildlife Trust - interesting reminiscences from former residents and fascinating illustrations. A bargain at £4.95.
Available at: Langdon Visitor Centre, Langdon Nature Reserve, Third Avenue, Lower Dunton Road, Basildon, Essex. SS16 6EB
telephone: 01268 419095
Arcadia for All by Dennis Hardy and Colin Ward
"From Canvey Island to Jaywick
Sands, from Peacehaven to Pitsea; in the first 40 years of last century,
thousands of families made their own place in the sun, without benefit of
councils, planners, architects, building societies or even builders.
Were they, as many planners and environmentalists suggested, making rural slums
and seaside eyesores, or were they providing a unique example of unaided
self-build housing, with lessons for us all today?"
A fascinating wider view of the plotlands phenomenon with a chapter on the Dunton/Laindon area. This book has recently been re-printed and is now available.
published by Five Leaves at £14.99
http://www.fiveleaves.co.uk/social-hist.html#arcadia