Shropshire

Longnor Parish Church submitted by Guinevere

Shropshire.

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.

Register Office Contact Details

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

• Online Applications for copy certificates

Record Office Lookup Requests

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

• Shropshire Archives Weekly Wilf NOT during sch hols

Records Office Address

Shropshire Archives

Castle Gates

Shrewsbury

SY1 2AQ

Fax: 01743 255355

Telephone: 01743 255350

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Links

• County Record Office
• Family History Society
• Local History Society
• Shropshire Routes to Roots

Local History Society

• Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society
• Family History Society
• Local History Society
• Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire memorial inscriptions

OPC

Archives

• IGI Shropshire
• 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow

• Shropshire Transcriptions

• Some Shropshire Burials and Wills

• The Registers of Smethcote 1609-1912

Family and social history

• 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire

• Shropshire Workhouses

• Inns of 1828

Maps & Photographs

• Gravestone Photograph Project

Countywide interest

• Parishmouse covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

• Discovering Shropshire's History

• Secret Shropshire

Specific Town Village interest

• Villages and Townships on Borders of Shropshire, Staffordshire

• Smethcote Parish Registers

• Shifnal council website with some good sections on Shifnal history

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.

Jeanie with one n

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