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|On the border with Wales the county of Shropshire is bisected by the river Severn.  
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[[Image:EnglandShropshire.jpg|left|131px|thumb|Shropshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
 
<br><br>'''Shropshire.'''
 
  
 
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Home to probably the most famous bridge in the country and Ironbridge the world’s first iron bridge at 196 feet in length, straddling a gorge across the river Severn.  
County town: Shrewsbury
 
 
 
Other major towns: Whitchurch, Telford, Ludlow, Ironbridge
 
 
 
 
 
On the border with Wales the county of Shropshire is bisected by the river Severn. Home to probably the most famous bridge in the country and Ironbridge the world’s first iron bridge at 196 feet in length, straddling a gorge across the river Severn.  
 
  
 
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury and there is a statue of him in the library gardens.
 
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury and there is a statue of him in the library gardens.
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'''County town:''' Shrewsbury
  
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==Register Office Contact Details==
 
  
Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.<br>
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'''Other major towns:''' Whitchurch, Telford, Ludlow, Ironbridge
  
Copy Certificate information: [http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/registrar.nsf/open/39D35A88B90FA2F2802570F100513442 Copy certificates - Shropshire County Council]
 
  
*[https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/public/servlet/ep.app?type=93738&auth=525&ut=x Online Applications for copy certificates]
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Shropshire| Shropshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf '''County Record Office''']
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/library.nsf County Library Services]
  
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*[http://www.faulkes.co.uk/lookup/salop.htm Shropshire Look-up Exchange]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
 
  
*Shropshire Archives ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1051 Wilf]''' NOT''' during sch hols
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/salopwlls.html Some Shropshire Burials and Wills]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' digital library]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsal/ Shropshire GenWeb Project]
  
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*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk Discovering Shropshire's History]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/Inns1828.asp Inns of 1828]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.parishmouse.com/ Parishmouse] Covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
  
==Links==
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*[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/index.htm Shropshire Routes to Roots]
  
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Shrop..htm Shropshire Transcriptions]
  
*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf/open/71983720B579FD7280256C77003BF70B '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]  
*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/salop.html Local History Society]
 
*[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/index.htm Shropshire Routes to Roots]
 
  
  
'''Local History Society'''
 
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
*[http://www.broseley.org.uk/ Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society]
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*[http://www.sheridansweep.freeserve.co.uk/alveley3.htm Alveley Village]
*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/salop.html Local History Society]
 
*[http://www.memorial-inscriptions.org.uk/index.htm Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire Memorial Inscriptions]
 
  
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*[http://www.broseley.org.uk/ Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dornic/ Old Wills of Cleobury Mortimer]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.worldgenweb.org/archives/england.html 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow ]
  
*[http://www.faulkes.co.uk/lookup/salop.htm Shropshire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.c-jackson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/1890%20Quilt.htm Horsehay Methodist Chapel Quilt 1890]  
  
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*[http://www.old-lydbury.org.uk/ Lydbury North]
  
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*[http://maesbury.org/history/index.html Maesbury]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.localhistory.madeley.org.uk Madeley Local Studies Group]
  
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*[http://www.oswestry-history.co.uk/ Oswestry History]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyShropshire.htm#PageTitle IGI Shropshire]
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*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Shropshire/Smethcote/index.html Smethcote Parish Registers]
*[ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/wggenweb/england/ludlow/easthamlet/shropshire/census/eastha91.txt 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow ]  
 
  
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Shrop..htm Shropshire Transcriptions]
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*[http://web.onetel.net.uk/~shifnalcouncil/ Shifnal History]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/salopwlls.html Some Shropshire Burials and Wills]
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*[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/mayor/mayorslist.htm Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1638 - the Present]
  
 
*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Herefordshire/Sarnesfield/Sarnesfield/index.html The Registers of Smethcote 1609-1912]
 
*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Herefordshire/Sarnesfield/Sarnesfield/index.html The Registers of Smethcote 1609-1912]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders] -includes some Parish Records
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/st_julian_asylum.html 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire]
  
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*[http://whitchurchcemetery.com/Index_a/Index.html Whitchurch Cemetery]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://www.wrockwardinevillage.com/history/history.htm Wrockwardine Village History]
  
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*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/wrockwardine_poor_law_papers.asp Wrockwardine Village History]
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/st_julian_asylum.html 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire]
 
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/shrops/shropshire_workhouses.htm  Shropshire Workhouses]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/Inns1828.asp Inns of 1828]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=shropshire Gravestone Photograph Project]
 
 
 
 
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
 
*[http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/000557.html Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire]
 
*[http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/000557.html Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire]
  
*[http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/ Maps & Photographs, Old & Modern]
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*[http://www.photosofshropshire.co.uk/photoWebPage.aspx?WebPageID=134 Photos of Shropshire]  
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=shropshire Gravestone Photograph Project]
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*[http://www.users.waitrose.com/~coxfamily/index.html#G Shropshire's Non-Conformist Chapels]  
  
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''  
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'''Books of local interest'''
  
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For people with ancestors who came from Myddle/Middle:
  
*[http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page Parishmouse covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.]
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In 1770 Richard Gough wrote 'The History of Myddle' which relates the daily activities of the ordinary people who lived there. On genuk.org there is a list of the people who appear in the book.
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I have a copy of book so if you find anyone, send me a pm and I can look them up for you. [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1064 Jeanie with one n]
  
*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk Discovering Shropshire's History]
 
  
*[http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/ Secret Shropshire]
 
  
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==Register Office==
  
'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
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Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.
  
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Copy Certificate information: [http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/registrar.nsf/open/39D35A88B90FA2F2802570F100513442 Copy certificates - Shropshire County Council]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on Borders of Shropshire, Staffordshire]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dornic/ Old Wills of Cleobury Mortimer]
 
  
*[http://maesbury.org/history/index.html Maesbury]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Shropshire/Smethcote/index.html Smethcote Parish Registers]
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
*[http://web.onetel.net.uk/~shifnalcouncil/ Shifnal History]
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
  
*[http://www.wrockwardinevillage.com/history/history.htm Wrockwardine Village History]
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If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
  
 
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==Misc info==
 
 
 
For people with ancestors who came from Myddle/Middle
 
 
 
In 1770 Richard Gough wrote 'The History of Myddle' It relates the daily activities of the ordinary people who lived there.
 
 
 
On genuk.org there is a list of the people who appear in the book.
 
 
 
I have a copy of book so if you find anyone, send me a pm and I can look them up for you.
 
 
 
[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1064 Jeanie with one n]
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 16 May 2023

On the border with Wales the county of Shropshire is bisected by the river Severn.

Home to probably the most famous bridge in the country and Ironbridge the world’s first iron bridge at 196 feet in length, straddling a gorge across the river Severn.

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury and there is a statue of him in the library gardens.

County town: Shrewsbury


Other major towns: Whitchurch, Telford, Ludlow, Ironbridge


Shropshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest

  • Parishmouse Covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs


Books of local interest

For people with ancestors who came from Myddle/Middle:

In 1770 Richard Gough wrote 'The History of Myddle' which relates the daily activities of the ordinary people who lived there. On genuk.org there is a list of the people who appear in the book. I have a copy of book so if you find anyone, send me a pm and I can look them up for you. Jeanie with one n


Register Office

Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.

Copy Certificate information: Copy certificates - Shropshire County Council


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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