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Plotlands (land Development)
Plotlands were areas of cheap British farmland, including along the coast and rivers, which, between the 1890s and 1939, were divided and sold for holiday homes or as smallholdings. Described as "a makeshift world of shacks and shanties, scattered unevenly in plots of varying size and shape, with unmade roads and little in the way of services" plotland developments gave the economically disadvantaged the opportunity to "take their own place in the sun". Inhabitants were known as "plotlanders". History The peak of plotland development was between the wars. Immediately after WWI there was a "dire shortage" of housing, so people used obsolete army huts, converted buses, caravans, railway carriages, coal barges, and kit-built wooden chalets to create "temporary shanties", taking advantage of the "depressed prices of agricultural land and the absence of planning controls." In 1927 playwright H.F. Maltby (1880–1963) wrote a play ''What Might Happen: A Piece of Extravagance in 3 Acts' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberston Fitties
The Humberston Fitties (officially named the Humberston Fitties Chalet Park and known locally as The Fitties) is a holiday resort that began as an inter-war Plotlands (land development), plotland in the civil parish of Humberston, in the North East Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. Since the 1920s it has evolved to a resort of around 330 chalets and bungalows. The Fitties' lagoon is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. In 2007 the Fitties were featured in the first ever "Keep Britain Tidy, Quality Coast Awards" (now called "Seaside Awards") for "Best Places to Go for Coastal Isolation" and in 2017 they were declared a Conservation area (United Kingdom), conservation area. The name The term "fitties" developed from the anglicisation of the Old Norse, Norse ''fitjar'' meaning "foreshore saltings" or "waterside grassland". 'Fitties' can be found in several places along the Lincolnshire coastline, including the 'North Cotes Fitties' and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
