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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
Flicks in the Sticks "The Personal History of David Copperfield" - Saturday 18 September 2021, 07:30pm - 09:30pm. Yarpole Parish Hall
The Bell at Yarpole is open for indoor dining and drinking. See the menu here.
The Gallery Café is now open in the marquee and inside the church. See the Gallery café page for details.
Note: The Gallery Cafe will close at 12.30pm on Friday 17th September.
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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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.
(The majority of the aerial photos were provided by Ambrey Archaeology)
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 stabilised and fallen slightly over the past week. There were 607 new cases in Herefordshire; down from 639 the previous week. A third of new cases in Herefordshire are now in people over the age of 60. Leominster had 21 new cases, compared to 22 the previous week. There were 19 admissions to Hereford County Hospital, down from 22 the week previously. There were 7 new Coronavirus related deaths. The graph is updated every Tuesday. For up to date information visit the Government website.
Due to the current high case numbers the Church, Shop and Parish Hall have all decided to continue with a requirement to maintain social distancing and mask wearing to better protect our community. As before only two shoppers will be allowed into the Shop at any one time. We hope everyone will be understanding.
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