What's New

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


Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Winter Programme

The Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society has an exciting programme of events taking place over the Winter 2011-12. For details of these events please follow the links on this page


Webster Wroxeter Excavation Archive Project - Now Online

The fruits of a project to organise and document the excavation archive from Graham Webster's 30 years of work at Wroxeter have now been made available to researchers on the Archaeology Data Service wesbite.


STOP PRESS! Extra SAHS Field Trip to Upton Cresset Hall 17th March

There will be an extra field trip on Saturday 17th March to Upton Cressett Hall. We will have a tour around the house, which includes a 14th-century great hall, and will see the fine 16th-century brick gatehouse. We will also explore the church, which ha


Chester Roman Amphitheatre: Recent Archaeological Work

Saturday 18 February 2012. Tony Wilmott, MA, FSA, MIFA is Senior Archaeologist with English Heritage. He will be speaking on recent archaeological work on the site of the Chester Roman amphitheatre. The Shirehall 2.30pm