Low Fulney settlement was built by the Land Settlement Association (LSA) in 1936 to assist unemployed workers from industrialised areas. The houses in the settlement were built close together to form a community, and were built in a modern style that has been influenced by more traditional cottage styles. They have steeply sloping roofs and dormer windows, and include some Dutch style gables and mansards. Each house was provided with approximately an acre of land, a greenhouse, a pig sty, and a small barn. A wooden hut was built at the centre of the settlement to be used for community purposes, such as the settlement's own branch of the Women's Institute, also founded in 1936. {1} The Low Fulney estate was built on an area of rich silts, known as Dairy Farm, and was completely devoted to horticulture. Some of the 2 acre holdings eventually concentrated on the forcing of spring flower bulbs. {2} The LSA was a government supported initiative founded in 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, and had 25 estates across the country. Its goal was to implement an experimental programme by providing rural small-holdings to unemployed people from industrialised areas of the UK. The holdings ranged from 5 to 10 acres, with the smaller onces used for horticulture, and the larger ones for livestock (usually pigs). Wardens were placed at each settlement to train the new tenants in various types of agriculture, horticulture, and animal husbandry. The programme changed at the outbreak of the Second World War, as the need for intensive food production increased, and only tenants with agricultural experience were accepted. Livestock production was phased out in the late 1940s, and the focus of the programme concentrated on horticultural endeavours. The programme ended and the smallholdings were privatised in 1983. The LSA Chariatable Trust was formed, and continues to support objectives linked to the the organisations original purpose in porduction horticulture and cooperative rural enterprise. {2}{3}