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Archives[edit | edit source]

Shropshire Archives
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 2AQ UK
Telephone: 0345 678 9096
Email: archives@shropshire.gov.uk
Website
Printable short guides We’ve created a series of short guides to our most popular series of records and topics. Find out background information, key dates, types of documents and how to find relevant documents at Shropshire Archives.

Short guide to parish registers (Anglican)

Parish register list (Anglican)

Short guide to Non-conformists

Nonconformist register list

Short guide to Catholic registers

Roman Catholic register list

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Shropshire Find a Library

Shrewsbury Library
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 2AS UK
Telephone: 01743 255308
Email: shrewsbury.library@shropshire.gov.uk
Website

Museums[edit | edit source]

Shropshire Museums

Bishops Castle Heritage Resource Centre
22 Chapel Yd
Bishops Castle, Shropshire SY9 5DE UK
Telephone: 1588 630556
Email: mail@bchrc.co.uk
Website
Local History Centre resources

Whitchurch Heritage Centre
12 St Mary’s Street
Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 1QY UK
Telephone: 01948 664577
Email: info@whitchurch-heritage.co.uk
Website
History and Heritage Links

Civil Registration Offices[edit | edit source]

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.

Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Shropshire.

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 == Archives ==
-=== Shropshire Archives ===
 '''Shropshire Archives'''<br>Castle Gates<br>Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 2AQ UK<br>Telephone: 0345 678 9096<br>Email: [mailto:archives@shropshire.gov.uk archives@shropshire.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk Shropshire Archives]
+[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk Website]<br>
+[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/advice-and-guides/source-guides/ Printable short guides] We’ve created a series of short guides to our most popular series of records and topics. Find out background information, key dates, types of documents and how to find relevant documents at Shropshire Archives.
-:We’re the archives and local studies service for the historic county of Shropshire This includes the borough of Telford and Wrekin.  We preserve and make accessible documents, books, maps, photographs, plans and drawings relating to Shropshire past and present.  Onsite, we have 5½ miles of shelving, holding local material from 12th Century charters right up to yesterday’s Shropshire Star. Around 6,000 people per year visit us, with many more reaching us via our website. We provide a service for schools, as well as an outreach and events programme. We also have many opportuntities for volunteers.
+*[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/short-guide-to-parish-registers.pdf Short guide to parish registers (Anglican)]
+:*[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Parish-fiche-list-2017-web.pdf Parish register list (Anglican)]
+*[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/short-guide-to-non-conformists.pdf Short guide to Non-conformists]
+:*[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Nonconformist-registers-list.pdf Nonconformist register list]
+*[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/short-guide-to-catholic-records.pdf Short guide to Catholic registers]
+:*[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Roman-Catholic-register-list.pdf Roman Catholic register list]
 == Libraries ==
+*[https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/ '''Shropshire Find a Library''']
-=== Shrewsbury Library ===
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 '''Shrewsbury Library'''<br>Castle Gates<br>Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 2AS UK<br>Telephone: 01743 255308<br>Email: [mailto:shrewsbury.library@shropshire.gov.uk shrewsbury.library@shropshire.gov.uk]<br>
-Website: [http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/shrewsbury-library/ Shrewsbury Library]
+[http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/shrewsbury-library/ Website]
 == Museums ==
+*[https://www.shropshiremuseums.org.uk/ '''Shropshire Museums''']
-=== Bishops Castle Heritage Resource Centre ===
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 '''Bishops Castle Heritage Resource Centre'''<br>22 Chapel Yd<br>Bishops Castle, Shropshire SY9 5DE UK<br>Telephone: 1588 630556<br>Email: [mailto:mail@bchrc.co.uk mail@bchrc.co.uk]<br>
-Website: [http://www.bchrc.co.uk Bishops Castle Heritage Resource Centre]
+[http://www.bchrc.co.uk Website]<br>
+[https://www.bchrc.co.uk/lhc/resources.asp Local History Centre resources]
-:Bishop's Castle Heritage Resource Centre is a local heritage store and activity centre celebrating local history and keeping it within the community for people to use and enjoy.  Bishop's Castle is a small market town situated in a remote, largely agricultural region of South West Shropshire. Due to its geographical remoteness, local heritage in Bishop's Castle has enjoyed a degree of protection from outside influences. The town has retained much of its historic character, and a strong sense of heritage has given rise to numerous active local history organisations.
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-=== Whitchurch Heritage Centre ===
 '''Whitchurch Heritage Centre'''<br>12 St Mary’s Street<br>Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 1QY UK<br>Telephone: 01948 664577<br>Email: [mailto:info@whitchurch-heritage.co.uk info@whitchurch-heritage.co.uk]<br>
-Website: [http://www.whitchurch-heritage.co.uk Whitchurch Heritage Centre]
+[http://www.whitchurch-heritage.co.uk Website]<br>
+[https://www.whitchurch-heritage.co.uk/whitchurch-history-and-heritage/useful-links/ History and Heritage Links]
+==Civil Registration Offices==
+The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''website'''] (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices.
+----
+Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district.  For a list of the '''historic and current registration districts and their parishes''', see [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/SAL.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in Shropshire].
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+*[https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/births-and-marriages/other-services-certificates-and-research/order-a-copy-certificate/ '''Order a copy certificate in Shropshire''']
+*[https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/births-and-marriages/book-an-appointment/registration-service-points/ '''Registration offices in Shropshire''']
-:Whitchurch Heritage Centre consists of the Main Exhibition Hall and the Caldecott Gallery and contains a range of artefacts dating from the Roman occupation up until modern times.
-For a long list of Shropshire museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Shropshire List of museums in Shropshire] in Wikipedia.
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