{{Short description|Village in Herefordshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | shire_county = Herefordshire | unitary_england = Herefordshire | region = West Midlands | coordinates = {{coord|51|56|N|2|54|W}} | constituency_westminster = Hereford and South Herefordshire | static_image_name = Rowlestone tympanum.jpg | static_image_caption = The tympanum at Rowlestone. | postcode_district = HR2 | postcode_area = HR | post_town = Hereford | population = 180 | population_ref = (2011 Census) }}
'''Rowlestone''' (also spelled '''Rowlstone''') is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire in England. It is a rural area with agriculture the main source of employment, and had only 87 residents in 2004, increasing to 180 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128058&c=HR2+0DL&d=16&e=62&g=6385893&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1446216486449&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=30 October 2015}}</ref> The area was historically Welsh-speaking. Two Welsh Bibles from Rowlestone, formerly stored in the Rowlestone vicarage and damaged by fire, are kept in the Herefordshire County archives.
It is notable mainly for the Norman parish church of St. Peter, which contains some distinguished carvings, including a tympanum showing Christ in Majesty with four attendant angels. These carvings are of the same distinctive Herefordshire School as those at the nearby Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck.
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==External links== * [http://www.ewyasharoldgpc.org.uk/parishplan-rowlestone.html The village plan from 2004.] * [https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19768/ The church website, with much information about it.]
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Category:Villages in Herefordshire
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