First World War Showcase Day When: 20 October 2018 Time: 10am-4pm Where: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury More details coming soon. For more events commemorating World War One, visit the Shropshire Remembers website

Horses and the aristocratic lifestyle in early modern England The Victoria County History (VCH) Shropshire has invited historian, Professor Peter Edwards, to give its third annual lecture. Professor Edwards will show how the horse revolutionised the way rural society worked, played and operated in the period between c.1500 and c.1750. Professor Edwards’ lecture will demonstrate […]

A series of six workshops at Shropshire Archives led by poet Jean Atkin. Each week Jean will introduce you to a different element of the Archive’s collections, and provide prompts, guidance and encouragement to enable everyone to write a poem or a piece of short prose. Jean Atkin is a published poet and experienced workshop […]

Anchorites in Shropshire: Archaeological and Archival Evidence Victoria Yuskaitis, PhD researcher at the University of Leeds, has been studying anchorites in the Shropshire area since 2016. Victoria will discuss her research, focusing on the following local churches: Holy Trinity, Much Wenlock St Martin’s, near Oswestry St John the Baptist, Ruyton St Mary’s, Acton Burnell St […]