Working-class Housing in England Between the Wars The Becontree Estate

Andrzej Olechnowicz, Tutorial Fellow Andrzej Olechnowicz — 1997

This book presents an important episode in 20th century English history: the largest public housing scheme ever undertaken in England. Built between 1921 and 1934, the London County Council's Becontree Estate housing over 110,000 people in 25,000 dwellings.