Dymock
Dymock is delightfully surrounded by rolling hills
and agricultural landscape much loved by the Dymock
poets who lived in the area before the Great War.
Lascelles Abercrombie was the first to arrive, living
in a timber framed thatched cottage below Ryton Woods;
Wilfred Wilson Gibson was to follow and set up home
at Greenway Cross. Between them, they organised a quarterly
poetry magazine entitled "New Numbers". It was published
from Ryton and included poems written by their friends
Rupert Brook and John Drinkwater. They were joined by
Robert Frost and Edward Thomas in the summer of 1914,
the last summer they were all to be together. Their
homes still stand, altered slightly by the passage of
time and are now in private ownership.
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 is renowned for its wild daffodils in the spring.
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Churches
The church at Dymock dominates the village centre
as it lies back from the road behing the chestnut trees
and massive old yew.
It is basically Norman, with a richly sculptured Norman
doorway which represents the work of the Dymock school
of sculpture. A Tympanum depicts the tree of life which
is thought to be the same mason's work as at Kempley.
Inside, there is a great sense of size, and interesting
features include a 13th century stone coffin lid, a
17th century turned oak font and some good modern glass
by Kempe. The corner of the church however, is dedicated
to the famous Dymock poets where there is an interesting
display.
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