Yarkhill Church History and Information 

The parish is in the Hereford Diocese and is part of the Ledbury Deanery. The Reverend Prebendary Sue Strutt is the priest in charge on behalf of the Ledbury Team Ministry. Sue is based at Bosbury and looks after eight churches appropriately named the Hop Churches: email
The Rector and Team Leader of the Deanery is the Reverend Paul Dunthorne.
The Churchwarden is Mrs. Jane Thomas:email

Church Services

Services are normally held twice each month in the parish church dedicated to St John the Baptist. We have a warm and friendly atmosphere to which everybody is welcome.  The congregation, including the children, are in a rota for the reading and prayers so that we all join in the services.  Refreshments are served afterwards offering the opportunity to catch up with news and views.

1^st Sunday of the month 11:00am Parish Communion

3^rd Sunday of the month 11:00am Morning Prayer
 

We believe that there has been a church on this spot for more than 800 years, although what you now see is the result of extensive renovations carried out in 1862.  Parts of the original building can be seen in the porch, and the bottom of the tower is of the same 13^th century period. The Church has 3 fonts: one of dark stone with a fluted bowl is Norman and is probably from the original building, another is 13^th century and a third, a fluted font, is probably 17^th century. There is also a small medieval bowl for holding Holy Water known as a stoup.

Francis Stedman was the incumbent here for 47 years in the 17^th Century and his son Fabian was baptised at St John the Baptist Yarkhill in 1640

The Church nave was restored by the Victorians. The Tower is older and contains a ring of bells dating from the 17^th Century, read more about the bells on the next page.