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:
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