More online help videos
We’ve launched two more videos to help you make the most of our website: How to register How to order copies
30 years on!
This month, our Archives Manager, Mary McKenzie, looks back on changes to the archive service over the last 3 decades. She writes… “It is 30 years since I joined Shropshire County Council as the Senior Archivist, Modern Records in September 1990. The archive service was then called Shropshire Records and Research and included Shropshire Record […]
Shropshire’s Mayflower connection
400 years ago, the Mayflower set sail for America with over 100 passengers and 30 crew members. Among the passengers were 4 young children, Ellen More aged 8, Jasper More aged 7, Richard More aged 5 and Mary More aged 4. Originally assumed to be servants, research has shown them to be members of the […]
Autumn talks programme 2020
Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society and Friends of Shropshire Archives have put together a fascinating series of online talks for their members. These will be available on zoom at 11am on the following dates: 15 September Flax Mill People – American Connections 20 September Recent Developer Funded Archaeology in Shropshire 17 November Bridgewater revisited: Cataloguing […]
Robert Clive (1725-1774)
Given the current level of interest in Robert Clive and his statue in Shrewsbury, Shropshire Archives staff have been examining the range of material held about this important but controversial Shropshire figure. Background Robert Clive was born at Styche Hall, near Market Drayton in 1725. At the age of eighteen he joined the East India Company as […]
Pre 1841 census returns
Indexes and images of some of the pre-1841 census returns are now available to view on our website for free. Background Generally, the 1841 census was the first national census to include names of all individuals. Counts of the population were taken since 1801. In a very few cases, the unofficial records compiled locally to […]
Working behind the scenes
To give a little flavour of the work that goes on behind the scenes at Shropshire Archives, we asked Kevin who is in charge of production of documents from the stores (as well as being our caretaker, driver and cleaner) to describe some of his day’s work. He writes…. “I am Kevin and for the […]
Indian Family History
As a contribution to South Asian Heritage Month, Archives Manager Mary McKenzie explores her family’s history and its connection to the Indian sub-continent. She writes….. One of the family stories I was always aware of was that my grandfather, my mother’s father, Harold Fox had been born in India in the late 19th century. The […]
The Lancasterian School
Joseph Lancaster and the Lancasterian School, Shrewsbury This photograph of closely packed children seems to have even greater impact in our socially distanced times. It shows pupils in the yard of the Lancasterian School at its site on the corner of Beacals Lane and Albert Street, Shrewsbury. As the captions indicate, it has been known […]
New video: how to search
We’re adding a series of videos on YouTube. First up, here’s one to help you use our website with tips on searching our online catalogue: We’d love to know what you think of this.
