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Yarpole is a village in the
Croft and Yarpole
Croft and Yarpole is a civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is north from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest large town is the market town of Leominster, to the south. Within the parish is the National Tru ...
civil parish,
Herefordshire, England, about north-west of
Leominster. The village is near the county boundary with
Shropshire and about south-west of
Ludlow. The hamlet of
Bicton is to the south, Bircher to the north-east and
Croft
Croft may refer to:
Occupations
* Croft (land), a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling
* Crofting, small-scale food production
* Bleachfield, an open space used for the bleaching of fabric, also called a croft
Locations In the Uni ...
to the west.
The village has a
gastropub, The Bell, and a
parish hall
A church hall or parish hall is a room or building associated with a church, generally for community and charitable use. .
Church
The
parish church of
St Leonard
Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559), is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Hau ...
's is
Grade II* listed
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. Most of the building dates to the early 14th century, its oldest part being the 13th-century
font
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In mod ...
. The church was
restored
''Restored'' is the fourth
studio album by American contemporary Christian music musician Jeremy Camp. It was released on November 16, 2004 by BEC Recordings.
Track listing
Standard release
Enhanced edition
Deluxe gold edition
Standard ...
and extended to designs by
George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started ...
in 1864. 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
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
tower dates to the 13th-century, the ground stage built of stone, with the roofs and upper stage
timber-framed.
It is one of a number of partly or largely timber-framed belltowers in Herefordshire. The
dendrochronology
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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
Fred Uhlman (19 January 1901 – 11 April 1985) was a German-English writer, painter and lawyer of Jewish origin.
Biography
Fred Uhlman was born in Stuttgart, Germany, into a prosperous middle-class Jewish family. He studied at the Universities o ...
is buried in the churchyard.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Yarpole Group Parish Council
Villages in Herefordshire
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