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Parish Registers[edit | edit source]
Images of Shropshire's parish registers are available online at findmypast.
A guide published in 1902 (available online) details records that survive parish-by-parish in Shropshire.
Internet Archive and Mel Lockie website (both free) include transcripts of many of Shropshire's parish registers.
Baptisms
36,339 Shropshire entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.[1]
Marriages
74% of Shropshire's parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£).[2] Coverage.
55% of Shropshire's parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage. Popular places to marry included the towns of Ludlow, Oswestry, and the Church of St Chad in Shrewsbury.[3]
10,566 Shropshire entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.[4]
Shropshire Parish Chest records available at the Family History Library (FHL)[edit | edit source]
See Wiki articles on Parish Chest Records or English Poor Law pre-1834 for more information on what they are and what type of valuable information they contain.
These microfilms can be ordered through FamilySearch and delivered to a FamilySearch Center near your home.
PARISH | YEARS |
Albrighton | 1608-1866; 1663-1861 |
Adderley | 1750-1888 |
Alberbury | 1623-1861 |
Alveley | 1535-1861 |
Ashford-Carbonell | 1836-1927 |
Astley | 1729-1863 |
Aston-Botterell | 1807-1874 |
Atcham | 1678-1925 |
Badger | 1679-1850 |
Barrow | 1848-1861 |
Baschurch | 1687-1945 |
Beckbury | 1744-1818; 1744-1902 |
Benthall | 1848-1861 |
Berrington | 1793-1861 |
Bishop's Castle | 1728-1876 |
Bolas-Magna | 1698-1854 |
Brace-Meole | 1677-1868 |
Bridgnorth St. Leonard | 1629-1896 |
Bridgnorth St. Michael's | 1642-1879 |
Bridgnorth St. Mary Magdalene | 1830-1861 |
Bromfield | 1616-1853 |
Broseley | 1848-1861 |
Buildwas | 1848-1861 |
Burford | 1756-1884 |
Cardeston | 1715-1911 |
Cardington | 1621-1861 |
Chelmarsh | 1720-1861 |
Chetton | 1599-1861 |
Childs-Ercall | 1701-1878 |
Church Pulverbatch | 1853-1966 |
Clee-St. Margaret | 1756-1930 |
Cleobury-Mortimer | 1690-1861 |
Clungunford | 1608-1769 |
Condover | 1577-1896 |
Coreley | 1797-1871 |
Cound | 1625-1861 |
Dawley Magna | 1810-1854; 1848-1861 |
Diddlebury | 1721-1879 |
Duddleston | 1728-1861 |
Eaton-Constantine | 1837-1848 |
Eaton-under-Heywood | 1816-1872 |
Edgmond | 1650-1857 |
Edstaston | 1850-1861 |
Ellesmere | 1685-1887 |
Ercall Magna | 1685-1880 |
Ford | 1724-1861 |
Habberley | 1702-1809 |
Hadnall | 1803-1861 |
Halford | 1795-1861 |
Harley | 1700-1893 |
Hodnet | 1627-1904 |
Ightfield | 1738-1861 |
Ironbridge | 1848-1861 |
Kinlet | 1713-1861 |
Kinnerley | 1683-1861 |
Knockin | 1845-1861 |
Lee-Brockhurst | 1798-1855 |
Leighton | 1798-1873 |
Linley | 1848-1861 |
Little Wenlock | 1654-1894; 1848-1861 |
Longdon-upon-Tern | 1766-1874 |
Loppington | 1710-1877 |
Ludlow | 1464-1850 |
Madeley | 1641-1861; 1848-1861 |
Mainstone | 1685-1852 |
Market Drayton | 1836-1867 |
Melverley | 1726, 1742, 1757 |
Middle | 1671-1920 |
Moreton Say | 1695-1861 |
Much Wenlock | 1848-1861 |
Munslow | 1661-1709 |
Neen-Savage | 1710-1864 |
Neenton | 1820-1886; 1840-1862 |
Oswestry | 1813-1861 |
Preston-on-the-Weald-Moors | 1727-1891 |
Pitchford | 1699-1782 |
Posenhall | 1848-1861 |
Quatt | 1670-1864 |
Rodington | 1789-1890 |
Ryton | 1687-1908; 1698-1837 |
Shrewsbury | 1637-1791 |
Shrewsbury Holy Cross | 1565-1861 |
Shrewsbury St. Alkmond's | 1580-1914 |
Shrewsbury St. Chad's | 1723-1868 |
Shrewsbury St. Julian's | 1648-1824 |
Shrewsbury St. Mary's | 1544-1912 |
Sidbury | 1795-1861 |
St. Martin's | 1751-1921 |
Stirchley | 1725-1885; 1848-1861 |
Stockton | 1590-1911 |
Stokesay | 1663-1876 |
Sutton-Maddock | 1668-1834 |
Tong | 1630-1892 |
Uffington | 1750-1855 |
Wem | 1683-1926 |
Westbury | 1659-1856 |
Wheathill | 1797-1900 |
Whitchurch | 1619-1864 |
Willey | 1848-1861 |
Withington | 1776-1872 |
Wollaston | 1722-1848 |
Wrockwardine | 1668-1901 |
Wroxeter | 1683-1921 |
Additional Parish Chest records at the FHL[edit | edit source]
Shropshire Removal Orders 17th-19th centuries | 942.45 W2s |
Shropshire Settlement Certificates | 942.45 N2s |
Shropshire to Birmingham Settlement Certificates 1686-1757 | 942.45 D25s v. 11 pt. 3 |
Some Shropshire settlement examinations an alphabetical abstract | 942.45 P3s |
Nonconformists[edit | edit source]
Shropshire Nonconformist Chapels
- Shropshire Parish Registers: Nonconformist and Roman Catholic Registers. 1922. Digitised by Internet Archive - free.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,' Genoot, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Coverage of the Joiner Marriage Index', The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' British Origins, (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.
- ↑ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,' Genoot, accessed 1 September 2013.