Lots more lists online

November 27, 2020 12:04 pm

new collections

February 23, 2021 12:17 pm Leave a Comment

We always say it’s worth checking our online catalogue frequently as we constantly add new material. This is true now more than ever.

We have finally transferred onto our website all the remaining catalogues, previously only available as paper lists on our search room shelves or online as part of the National Archives website, Discovery

These were initially part of the “Access to Archives (A2A)” national initiative to get paper records online, started back in the early 2000s. Volunteers began the process of converting and editing the catalogues so that they could be searched through our website. However, due to various technical difficulties, over 60 catalogues remained frustratingly impossible to transfer and add to our own online catalogue. Due in part to recent developments of the Discovery website allowing more flexible exporting, as well the opportunity afforded by lockdown, we were finally able to work out how to export, convert and edit these remaining lists into a format suitable for importing onto our own archive database.

This means that almost all the Shropshire Archive catalogues available on the National Archives website are now also available on our own website. We think the only significant exception is our large series of education records (ED) but we have been working on these and are hoping to complete this shortly, so watch this space.

The catalogues cover a wide range of topics – from schools to landed estates, railways and mines as well records of local businesses, clubs, societies and churches.

We’ve summarised the collections added to our website. Those in bold have been added this month. We’ll be featuring more detail on some of these collections in later blog posts but do follow the links to explore the catalogues.

X3974 A & A Peate, Maesbury Mills, Oswestry

X1123 Alberbury, The Black Abbey

X5179 Atcham Female Benefit Society and Withington Benefit Society

X5104 Charity of Elizabeth Turton and others

X2604 Church plans from office of Hodgson Fowler, architect, Durham

X3694 Colonel Payne of Pentre Uchaf

X3878 Deeds – Broome Estate

X4233 Deeds – property in Annscroft

X4797 Deeds – Rodington and Withington

X4457 Deeds – Swan Hill House and adjoining property

X3650 Deeds for 68 and 69 Broad Street, Ludlow

X4842 Deeds of Copyhold Properties, Dodington Manor, Whitchurch