North Tawton Town Council has decided to refuse a parishioner’s request to place a blue plaque in the town to commemorate Sylvia Plath.

The council decided at its last meeting that the parishioner had not put forward a compelling enough argument and would not go ahead with the idea.

Cllr Christian Martin said: ‘I don’t think that the parishioner has put forward a strong enough argument so I suggest we reject it.’

Ms Plath lived in the town briefly with her husband, fellow poet Ted Hughes. Mr Hughes is already commemorated as a former parishioner on a plaque in the town.