What's New

Introductory Tours to Shropshire Archives

Never visited Shropshire Archives before? Don't know how to find the information you want? If so, we invite you to join one of our tours for new visitors to Shropshire Archives. The tours are aimed at helping you find your way around the numerous sources


Enriching the Curriculum

Shropshire Council can provide a range of opportunities and materials to help school children and students to understand, value and enjoy Shropshire's wonderful history and heritage.


Shropshire Archives online catalogue

You can now access over 150,000 newly-updated archive records on this site and more are being added all the time. Some records also include links to digital images and transcripts. If you have any queries please email archives@shropshire.gov.uk or phone


Change to web address

Discovering Shropshire's History has a new web address click here


Summer Walks

Discover Shropshire...with the Friends of Shropshire Archives and Shropshire Council Archaeology Service. Join us on our guided Summer Walks in June and July 2010.


Festival of British Archaeology Shrewsbury Weekend

A weekend of guided walks, talks, displays and family activities in Shrewsbury, organised by the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, in association with Shropshire Council


Shrewsbury book launch

"Shrewsbury: an archaeological assessment of an English Border town" by Nigel Baker will be launched at St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury at 7.30pm Saturday 24th July. The book launch is part of the Shrewsbury Weekend organised by the Shropshire Archaeologica