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Nestling among the
Quantock Hills, this quiet village made quite
an impression on the poets Samuel Taylor
Coleridge and his fellow rhymer William
Wordsworth. The latter rented Alfoxton House
with his sister Dorothy in 1797 and wandered
on the lonely hills nearby with Coleridge in
tow. Their joint work ‘Lyrical Ballads’ went
into print in 1798 and was partly inspired by
their romantic surroundings.
