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Welcome to the Yarpole Parish website - get information on events, facilities within the Parish, social groups, Yarpole Community Shop, The Bell at Yarpole, volunteering opportunities, the Parish Council and the PCC and more.
Yarpole events
Yarpole Community Shop Post Office - if you use the ATM service during January 2022, the Post Office will donate 1p each time to the Trussell Trust; a NGO and charity that works to end the need for food banks in the UK.
Flicks in the Sticks - Sound of Metal. Saturday 15th January 2022 7.30pm. Yarpole Parish Hall.
Fizz Friday at the Bell at Yarpole - Friday, 4th February, 6.00pm to 11.00pm. (Cash Bar only).
If you are organising an event and you'd like it to appear on the website calendar and in the regular 'what's on' email, Facebook and in The Parishioner, please use the on-line form.
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Yarpole events
Yarpole Community Shop Post Office - if you use the ATM service during January 2022, the Post Office will donate 1p each time to the Trussell Trust; a NGO and charity that works to end the need for food banks in the UK.
Flicks in the Sticks - Sound of Metal. Saturday 15th January 2022 7.30pm. Yarpole Parish Hall.
Fizz Friday at the Bell at Yarpole - Friday, 4th February, 6.00pm to 11.00pm. (Cash Bar only).
If you are organising an event and you'd like it to appear on the website calendar and in the regular 'what's on' email, Facebook and in The Parishioner, please use the on-line form.
If you would like to receive regular emails about forthcoming events email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Welcome to Yarpole, nestling in rolling countryside in North Herefordshire, mid way between the market towns of Ludlow and Leominster.
Yarpole is a parish of approximately 700 people and comprises the villages of Yarpole, Bircher and Lucton and the communities on Bircher Common and Bicton. The Parish of Yarpole is unusual in that there are two working parish churches. St Leonard's situated in the village of Yarpole and St Michael and All Angels Church situated next to Croft Castle, a National Trust property. Many visitors assume that the church is managed by the National Trust as it is part of a visit to the estate. The National Trust does not contribute to the running costs of St Michael and All Angels church.
We hope you enjoy reviewing the Yarpole Advent Calendar windows of 2021.
Traditionally farming was the major employer in the Parish. Farming in Herefordshire remains a combination of agriculture and livestock; a mixture of sheep and cattle. Hereford cattle, which have fallen out of fashion due to their slower maturity, originated in the county. These cattle are experiencing a resurgence due to the quality of the meat they produce. The milk used by Cadbury's for its chocolate comes from the county and is processed in the factory south of Leominster.
There has been a community recorded here for over 2000 years. The village is mentioned in the Doomsday Book. The Anglo-Saxon meaning of Yarpole (Iarpol or Yarpol) is fish pool or dam for containing fish. The original fish pool has long since been abandoned, the remains of the dam wall are still visible.
Yarpole still retains its red telephone kiosk, its pub, The Bell at Yarpole and has an award winning community run village shop and Post Office operating from within the Parish Church, St Leonard's. The first full time shop in a church.
County Coronavirus update.
Case numbers in Herefordshire have fortunately peaked over the past week. There were 2,457 new cases in Herefordshire; down from 2,505 the previous week. Cases in people over 60 years have doubled and now account for a third of all new cases in Herefordshire. There were 80 new cases in Leominster; up from 57 the the week previously. There were 30 admissions to Hereford County Hospital, up from 4 the week previously. There was 3 new Coronavirus related deaths.
There have been 20,317 Covid related deaths in the UK since 'Freedom Day' on the 19th July 2021.
The graph is updated every Tuesday. For up to date information visit the Government website.
For more information of case rates around Yarpole click on the image:
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