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Dymock is a village in the Forest of Dean (district) of Gloucestershire, England about four miles south of Ledbury, with a population of approx. 300 people. It is the eponymous home of the Dymock poets from the period 1911-1914. The homes of Robert Frost and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson can still be seen there. Forest of Dean is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England, named for the Forest of Dean. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... Location within the British Isles Ledbury (known locally as jippo)is a town in Herefordshire, England. ... An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, which has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery or other item. ... The Dymock poets were a literary group of the early 20th century, who made their home in the Gloucestershire village of Dymock. ... Portrait of Frost c. ... Wilfred Wilson Gibson (1878-1962) was a British poet, associated with World War I but also the author of the popular Flannan Isle. ...


Dymock is also the origin of the Dymock Red, a cider apple, and Stinking Bishop cheese. A cider apple is a cultivar of apple grown for its use in cider production. ... Stinking Bishop pears were named after the man who bred them, whose last name was Bishop, and who was sufficiently disliked by his neighbors that his pear was named Stinking Bishop after his death. ...


The local school is called Ann Cam. In the village of Dymock there are several interesting buildings which include cruck beam cottages; "The White House", which was the birthplace of John Kyrle-Man of Ross in 1637, Ann Cam School of 1825 and St. Mary's Church, a patch work history in brick and stone with anglo-norman origins. Nearby stands the only remaining village pub, purchased for the community by the Parish Council, which is now run on their behalf by a management company.


Dymock was served by the Hereford & Gloucester Canal, opened in 1845; this closed in 1881 and the section between Ledbury and Gloucester converted into a railway line, a branch line of the Great Western Railway, though a stretch between Dymock and Newent was by-passed as it was decided not to take the line through the 2,192 yard Oxenhall Tunnel. Dymock had a station on this line. The line closed in 1959, but the canal (including the tunnel), is now being restored. Location within the British Isles Ledbury (known locally as jippo)is a town in Herefordshire, England. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in south-west England, close to the Welsh border. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... Location within the British Isles Newent, Gloucestershire (originally called Noent) is a small Market town (population approx. ...


Dymock is renowned for its wild daffodils in the spring, and these were very probably the inspiration for the line "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" in Robert Frost's famous poem The Road Not Taken, which was a gentle satire on his great friend, and fellow Dymock Poet, Edward Thomas.


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Robert Frost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1044 words)
His first book of poetry, A Boy's Will, was published the next year.
In England he made some crucial contacts including Edward Thomas (a member of the group known as the Dymock poets), T.
Hulme, and Ezra Pound, who was the first American to write a (favorable) review of Frost's work.
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