Shropshire

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

• County Record Office

• Family History Society

• County Library Services

• Shropshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Some Shropshire Burials and Wills

• The Midlands' digital library

• Shropshire GenWeb Project

• Discovering Shropshire's History

• Inns of 1828

• Parishmouse Covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

• Shropshire Routes to Roots

• Shropshire Transcriptions

• Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Alveley Village

• Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society

• Old Wills of Cleobury Mortimer

• 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow

• Horsehay Methodist Chapel Quilt 1890

• Lydbury North

• Maesbury

• Madeley Local Studies Group

• Oswestry History

• Smethcote Parish Registers

• Shifnal History

• Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1638 - the Present

• The Registers of Smethcote 1609-1912

• 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire

• Whitchurch Cemetery

• Wrockwardine Village History

• Wrockwardine Village History

Maps and Photographs

• Gravestone Photograph Project

• Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire

• Photos of Shropshire

• Shropshire's Non-Conformist Chapels

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:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

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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