Yarpole

Yarpole is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croft and Yarpole, 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. In 1961 the parish had a population of 394.^[1] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Croft to form "Croft and Yarpole".^[2]

Yarpole
St Leonard's belltower
Yarpole Location within Herefordshire
OS grid reference	SO4664
Civil parish	Croft and Yarpole
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Ceremonial county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hereford
Postcode district	HR6
Dialling code	01568
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Herefordshire
Website	http://www.yarpole.com/
List of places UK England Herefordshire 52.283°N 2.783°W / 52.283; -2.783

The village has a gastropub, The Bell,^[3] and a parish hall.

The Village is used as the setting for the home of Gerald War Bow in the Medieval action series of 5 books “Lord Edward’s Archer” by author Griff Hosker.

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 being the 13th-century font. The church was restored and extended to designs by George Gilbert Scott in 1864.^[4] In 2009 the interior of the church was extensively reordered and a community shop and post office were built at the west end.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[5] 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.^{[citation needed]} The writer, painter and lawyer Fred Uhlman is buried in the churchyard.^{[citation needed]}