Yarpole

Yarpole

Yarpole [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/532439] is a small village in rural [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/532444] north Herefordshire between Leominster and Ludlow, Shropshire.

St Leonard's church [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/532423] chancel was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1864. "The Buildings of England: Herefordshire", Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p 327 ISBN 0-14-071025-6] The church has a separate bell tower [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/532424] . The main timbers of the bell tower have been dated by dendrochronology to 1192, making this one of the oldest timber-framed structures in England. [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/532425]

The village has a gastro pub. [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/532429] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1836230,00.html]

References & External Links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Yarpole/index.html Genuki on Yarpole]


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