Forum: Shropshire county-wide forum

I am trying to find my grandfather's place of birth. He was John Rudge and according to the 1841/1851 censuses was born in Yethel, Shropshire. I have been unable to find Yethel on any maps, even going back to the first Ordinance Survey. I have paid two visits to Shropshire Records Office,...

I have details of Broseley Baptist Chapel, St. Bartholomews, Benthall, St. Marys, Jackfield and St. Calixtus, Astley Abbots if I can be of help to anyone. Peter

Hi just wondering if anyone can help me get to the bottom of my Brick wall.The person in question is John Lowe esq who married Mary ann Mayor daughter of the Rev John Mayor & Ann Hollings. My search has found in Gentlemans Magazine under Warickshire the announcement of the couples pending wedding...

I am looking for any information on Thomas Bryan, a gentleman of Brosley, Shropshire. He seems so far to have been interesting. he continued his fathers surveying business at the age of sixteen including working at Jackfield church in readiness for an enclosing wall. He apparantly cut the...

Any info regarding Cooper of Cheswell/Cheswall Hill, Nr Newport, Shropshire appreciated. Thanks

I cannot get any further with these two. Moses Thomas marries Margery Collins in Ludlow. 1st May 1673. Their birthdays have been given as 1648 and 1652 but with no evidence. From then on they are living in Bitterley. There are Thomas's and Collins's living in Bitterley which may mean they were...

My dad was born out of wedlock and left with his grandparents in Shrewsbury, I am tryiong to find out where he went to school are their school registers for the period 1924 - 30 in that area. Christina

I have just recently been told that my great grandfather was killed in a quarry accident. William Thomas 1841 - 1881. Bitterly. Shropshire. 1881 BDM. page 311. William Thomas. Registration District, Ludlow. 3rd qtr 1881. Jul-Aug-Sept. No details have been given as to which quarry and how it...

My trail has come to a stop and RICHARD seems to have disappeared. I have his daughter Ann Sophia Cock's marriage certificate and I have the foll info. Ann Sophia was born in Madeley or Dawley around 1848. She married James Wardle (also from Dawley) in 1867 at The Birck Meadow Chapel in...

My (7th) great grandfather was Moses Thomas. The only records I can find of his birth show that he was born in 1648. Most likely in Bitterley, although it is also shown that Ludlow could be his birth Place. (There is a death of a John Thomas in Bitterley 14th Aug 1667). Moses married a...

Hello again people. I have been quiet for a while as I have been gadding about for a few months and now back picking up the 'ones that got away'. As I have drawn a blank with this branch of my tree I was wondering if anyone else was researching the Trowe family around 1700-1800 in Munslow,...

If anyone can help me find any further info about Emma Carr, born: circa 1851, newport Shropshire, had one daughter that I know of: Elizabeth Carr, born: Circa 1872, i'd be really grateful. Listed as single in 1881 (RG 11/2681/24/41). Im new to tracing my long lost relatives, so don't quite know...

All Census references crown copyright c/o TNA I’m looking for the birth or anymore info on Sushannah Clemson. Susannah is the wife of William Alfred Pressdee married Jun 1896 in Church Stretton Shropshire. Ch. Stretton 6a 1235 1901 Census Susannah Pressdee b.1865 Ryton Eleven Towns...

I am interested in any information on the family of John Griffiths of Treflach (Oswestry) and Jane his wife. They had four sons Joseph, Job, Thomas and George ( I have dates of birth and christenings for all four boys between 1784 and 1790 in Oswestry) Any information on the family would be...

We had a great day out last week in Shropshire. Together with my wife, daughter and my half sister, who acted out as our guide, we toured round Cleobury Mortimer and some of the village churches. We met several local people along the way and found them to be very friendly and helpfull. Apart from...

I'm looking for various Thomas Taylors (sometimes called Thomas Syner, Synar, Signor, Cynor etc.) buried in Broseley / Benthall prior to 1816. There would appear to be no monumental inscriptions recorded for St. Leonards / All Saints Broseley - is there a graveyard still there and does anyone know...

Does anyone know of any written work, book, Internet or papers of the history of Lillishall Parish, St. George, Donnington Wood area for the 19th. century. I am particularly interested in the coal and ironstone industry and the role of the Charter Master (I have two ancestors that were Charter...

Any info regarding Beard of Childs Ercall/ Longford areas Nr Newport Shropshire appreciated. Thanks