| Official Name: | Yarpole |
| Static Image Name: | Yarpole church bell tower - geograph.org.uk - 532424.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Leonard's belltower |
| Static Image Width: | 200px |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 52.283°N -2.783°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | SO4664 |
| Civil Parish: | Croft and Yarpole |
| Unitary England: | Herefordshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Herefordshire |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Country: | England |
| Constituency Westminster: | North Herefordshire |
| Post Town: | Hereford |
| Postcode Area: | HR |
| Postcode District: | HR6 |
| Dial Code: | 01568 |
| Website: | http://www.yarpole.com/ |
Yarpole is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croft and Yarpole, Herefordshire, England, about 4.5miles north-west of Leominster. The village is near the county boundary with Shropshire and about 7km (04miles) 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]
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.
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. 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. 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.