Yarpole

Yarpole is a village in the Croft and Yarpole civil parish, Herefordshire, England, about 4.5 miles (7 km) north-west of Leominster. The village is near the county boundary with Shropshire and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Ludlow. The hamlet of Bicton is to the south, Bircher to the north-east and Croft to the west.

Yarpole

St Leonard's belltower
Yarpole
Location within Herefordshire
OS grid referenceSO4664
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHereford
Postcode districtHR6
Dialling code01568
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://www.yarpole.com/

The village has a gastropub, The Bell,[1] and a parish hall.

Church

The parish church of St Leonard's is Grade II* listed. Most of the building dates to the early 14th century, its oldest part the 13th-century font. The church was restored and extended to designs by George Gilbert Scott in 1864.[2] In 2009 the interior of the church was extensively reordered and a community shop and post office were built at the west end. Yarpole is one of several Herefordshire parishes whose belltower stands separate from the church. The Grade I listed tower dates to the 13th-century, the ground stage built of stone, with the roofs and upper stage timber-framed.[3] It is one of a number of partly or largely timber-framed belltowers in Herefordshire. The dendrochronology dating of its main timbers to 1192 makes it one of the oldest timber-framed structures in England.The writer, painter and lawyer Fred Uhlman is buried in the churchyard.

References
  1. Hill, Shaun. "The Bell Inn, Yarpole, Herefordshire". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St Leonard  (Grade II*) (1296754)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. Historic England. "Tower about 15 metres south of Church of St Leonard  (Grade I) (1081790)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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