The Poets Estate is a 1970s residential area of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. It lies to the east of the town centre, based around St Michael's Road and the surrounding roads, which are named after famous British poets. There is a primary school (Mary Exton JMI) and a community centre called St Michael's Mount.
Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 0°15′20″W / 51.95000°N 0.25556°W / 51.95000; -0.25556
Famous quotes containing the words poets and/or estate:
“Poets are sitting in my kitchen.
Why do these poets lie?
Why do children get children and
Did you hear what it said?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)