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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==
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf/open/71983720B579FD7280256C77003BF70B '''County Record Office''']
 
  
 
*[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/index.htm Shropshire Routes to Roots]
 
*[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]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/moreton.html Villages and Townships on the Shropshire/Staffordshire Borders]
  
  
*[http://www.broseley.org.uk/ Broseley Local History Society, Incorporating the Wilkinson Society]
 
  
*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/ Family History Society]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/salop.html Local History Society]
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*[http://www.sheridansweep.freeserve.co.uk/alveley3.htm Alveley Village]
  
*[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]
  
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*[http://www.worldgenweb.org/archives/england.html 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow ]
  
'''OPC'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.faulkes.co.uk/lookup/salop.htm Shropshire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://maesbury.org/history/index.html Maesbury]
  
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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]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Shropshire/Smethcote/index.html Smethcote Parish Registers]
  
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*[http://web.onetel.net.uk/~shifnalcouncil/ Shifnal History]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyShropshire.htm#PageTitle IGI Shropshire]
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*[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/mayor/mayorslist.htm Mayors of Shrewsbury, 1638 - the Present]
 
 
*[http://www.worldgenweb.org/archives/england.html 1891 Census of East Hamlet Ludlow ]
 
 
 
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Shrop..htm Shropshire Transcriptions]
 
 
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/brigaban/salopwlls.html Some Shropshire Burials and Wills]
 
  
 
*[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]
 
 
 
 
'''Family and Social History'''
 
 
  
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/st_julian_asylum.html 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire]
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/st_julian_asylum.html 1871 Census for Lunatic Asylum, St Julian - Shropshire]
  
*[http://www.sfhs.org.uk/Inns1828.asp Inns of 1828]
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*[http://whitchurchcemetery.com/Index_a/Index.html Whitchurch Cemetery]  
  
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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]
  
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''  
  
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=shropshire Gravestone Photograph Project]
  
 
*[http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/000557.html Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire]
 
*[http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/000557.html Paintings & Photographs of Shropshire]
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=shropshire Gravestone Photograph Project]
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*[http://www.photosofshropshire.co.uk/photoWebPage.aspx?WebPageID=134 Photos of Shropshire]  
  
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*[http://www.users.waitrose.com/~coxfamily/index.html#G Shropshire's Non-Conformist Chapels]
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
 
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsal/ Shropshire GenWeb Project]
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'''Books of local interest'''
  
*[http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page Parishmouse covers Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.]
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For people with ancestors who came from Myddle/Middle:
  
*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk Discovering Shropshire's History]
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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.secretshropshire.org.uk/ Secret Shropshire]
 
  
  
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==Register Office==
  
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Shropshire has a county registration service, all enquiries are dealt with via a central point or online.
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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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]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
*[http://maesbury.org/history/index.html Maesbury]
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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://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Shropshire/Smethcote/index.html Smethcote Parish Registers]
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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://web.onetel.net.uk/~shifnalcouncil/ Shifnal 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].
 
 
*[http://www.wrockwardinevillage.com/history/history.htm Wrockwardine Village History]
 
  
 
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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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