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| '''Court Green''' on Essington Road in ], ], ], was the home the ]s ] and ]<ref name=tpd>{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=Maeve|title=Visiting Court Green.|url=http://theplathdiaries.blogspot.com/2013/04/visiting-court-green.html|website=The Plath Diaries|publisher=The Plath Diaries|accessdate=20 December 2015|ref=tpd}}</ref> moved to in late August 1961. Plath left the house on 10 December 1962, while Hughes lived there on and off for the rest of his life. | |||
| It is the current home of his widow ]. | |||
| The house is ] on the ].<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1105340|desc=Court Green|access-date=5 January 2016|mode=cs2}}</ref> | |||
| == Sylvia Plath at Court Green == | |||
| Plath wrote most of the '']'' poems at Court Green. She composed "The Moon and the Yew Tree" about the ancient ] in the nearby churchyard, which could be seen from her bedroom window; the tree can still be seen today. The poem "The Bee Meeting" concerns an event which Plath observed just outside the wool factory on the ] near the house. Percy Keys, a neighbour of the Hugheses during their time at Court Green, is mentioned in ''The Journals of Sylvia Plath'', and his funeral is remembered in Plath's poem "Berck-Plage". Keys is buried in the graveyard on the hill above the house. | |||
| == Ted Hughes at Court Green == | |||
| Hughes wrote '']'' and most of his later work at the house. He wrote standing at a ]. Hughes died in 1998, and his friend ] read at the funeral service at the church across the lawn. | |||
| == Assia Wevill at Court Green == | |||
| Hughes moved ] into Court Green. | |||
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