Shropshire Routes to Roots - Shropshire places
For a general overview of the history of the town see a timeline and interactive map on the Discovering Shropshire's History website.
Also on the same website is a Whitchurch guide which takes the form of a guided town trail, highlighting some of the most interesting buildings on the route. There are separate pages on:
Whitchurch Library has a good collection of printed material about the town and the surrounding area. Shropshire Archives, in Shrewsbury, is the county repository for original documents.
In the following list, the reference in brackets refers to the shelf location at Shropshire Archives.
Whitchurch Area Archaeological Group, Whitchurch Remembered
(H66)
The Whitchurchian, Whitchurch Grammar School 1938 - 1944,
(H35.3)
Walford, J, Valuation of buildings, land, tithes and other
ratabale property (H63)
Barnard, Kath and Douglas, Memorial tablets, gravestones, etc of
St Alkmunds, Whitchurch (qH55.8)
Tomalin, R.W. Ed, Dodington Congregational Church 1798 - 1948 -
Souvenir of the triple jubilee celebrations April 1948
(qH98.4)
Consett, A.G., Old O.S. Maps of Whitchurch 1899 - the Godfrey
Edition, (H69 v.f.)
Whitchurch Area Archaeological Group, Eminent Men of Whitchurch
(qH51)
Whitchurch Area Archaeological Group, Whitchurch Schools 1550 -
1950 (qH35)
Whitchurch Herald History of Whitchurch, (H64)
Duggan, T.C., Parish Church of Whitchurch 910AD - 1923,
(H97)
Earnshaw and Anderson The loyal Whitchurch corps of volunteer
infantry 1803-1813 (H65v.f.)
Forrest H.E., Some old Shropshire Houses and Their Owners
(C61)
Other published resources include:
Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire
Victoria County History of Shropshire
Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society
Shropshire Magazine
Trade Directories which give a history of the town, main occupants and businesses, 1828-1941
The following are available at Shropshire Archives as microfilm or microfiche (or as originals, where stated)
Church of the Saviour (formerly Free Christian Church)
Unitarian: 1878 to 1911 (originals only)
Dodington Presbyterian: 1708 to 1836
Dodington Independent Chapel: 1807 - 1837
St George's Roman Catholic Church: 1892 to 1970
St John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel: 1813 to 1837
Yardington Wesleyan Methodist Mission Hall: 1905 to 1908 and
1935
Whitchurch (St Alkmunds) Parish Church: 1627 to 1896
Castle Hill Primitive Methodist Chapel: 1934 to 1969
Church of the Saviour (formerly Free Christian Church)
Unitarian: 1880 to 1915 (originals only)
St George's Roman Catholic Church: 1901 to 2002
Whitchurch (St Alkmunds) Parish Church: 1627 to 1902
Dodington Presbyterian: 1746 to 1777 and 1822 to 1836
St George's Roman Catholic Church: 1898 to 2000
Whitchurch (St Alkmunds) Parish Church: 1627 to 1898
Shropshire Archives holdings are:
1841, 1851(indexed), 1861, 1871, 1881 (searchable database on
CDROM), 1891 and 1901.
Shropshire Archives has a range of material including school
records, records of Local Authorities and institutions and estate
records. Examples are:
Plan of an estate in the township of Great Ash and Broughall in
the parish of Whitchurch, 1851 (Ref: D3651/B/165/22)
Edgeley House Estate 1946-1952 (Ref: DA15/135/16)
Map of an estate in Great Ash, 1857 (Ref: D3651/B/45/1/1/9)
Page created 25 June 2007 and last updated
25 June 2007
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