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Landscapes and the Natural World
Welcome to the Landscapes and the Natural World section of the Discovering Shropshire’s History website. Here you will find the searchable database of the Museum Service.
You will also find information about the important and varied geology of Shropshire. The Museum Service holds 40,000 geology specimens, including a particularly impressive fossil collection. There are also Geology maps showing the different rock formations of Shropshire
From here you can also access pages on the flora and fauna of Shropshire giving details of the varieties of wildlife that can and have been seen in the county.
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Shropshire Council Museum Service
This website will help you find out what museums in Shropshire have to offer and give you access to and information about Shropshire's fascinating natural and human history.
Shropshire's Geology Collection
Wecome to Shropshire's geology collections homepage. There are several museums with geological displays throughout the county. These include Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock and many of these have collections behind the scenes.
Shropshire's Fauna Collection
The Museum Service collections are an excellent record of the fauna found in Shropshire. Shropshire has a huge variety of wildlife. The diversity of geography and geology in the county make for fertile breeding grounds for numerous species. This variety
Shropshire's Flora Collection
Shropshire has a huge variety of wildlife. There are upland heather moors and fertile lowlands networked with hedgerows. The river Severn snaking its way through the county is home to a large variety of animals and plants, as is a wonderful wetland comple
Discovering Shropshire's History
Welcome to the Discovering Shropshire's History Homepage. Here you will find information all about the project that created this website.
Periods of Shropshire's History
Welcome to the Periods of Shropshire’s History. Here you can find information about Shropshire through the Ages.
Shrewsbury Museums
The Museum service operates three buildings in Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery Shrewsbury Castle (containing the Shropshire Regimental Museum and other displays) Coleham Pumping Station It also has a 'virtual museum' in the form of the D
Natural History : Collectors and Collections
19TH CENTURY NATURALIST AND THEIR COLLECTIONS. CHARLES ASHFORD Conchologist, Ornithologist and Geologist JOHN ASHFORD Ornothologist REV. THOMAS SALWEY Lichenologist and Botanist
