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Samuel Coleridge & William WordsworthThe cottages are named after the Samuel Coleridge who moved to Nether Stowey in 1797 with his wife Sara and their son Hartley. Coleridge wished to lead a simple life, growing food for his family, reading and above all writing poetry. The cottages are on the Coleridge Bridle Way, a horse bridle way opened in May 2007 which runs for 33 miles from Nether Stowey in the Quantock hills to Exford on Exmoor.
Samuel Coleridge Within a year of moving to Nether Stowey, Coleridge had written some of his most famous works: The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, Frost at Midnight, This Lime Tree Bower my Prison and the opium-inspired Kubla Khan. In spring 1798 he collaborated with Wordsworth on a volume of poetry called Lyrical Ballads. Having travelled for several months in Germany, Coleridge and his family left the cottage in Nether Stowey in October 1799. During his three years in Somerset, Coleridge walked nearly every day for miles and miles, drawing inspiration for some of his best-known works from the beautiful landscape around him. His walking was the inspiration for the Coleridge Way and subsequent Coleridge Bridle Way. In July 1798 William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visited Coleridge and were so enthralled by him that they decided to rent a mansion called Alfoxden, near Holford, three miles west of Nether Stowey.
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4+ star luxury cottages with magnificent south facing views.
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think the balance in the cottages is just right; high
quality fittings,great interior
design and of course the wood burning
stove!. M & J,
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