Shrewsbury, Shropshire Genealogy

A guide to genealogy in Shrewsbury, with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England. It is a former historic market town and stands on the River Severn, close to the border with Wales.



Church records
For information on the ecclesiastical parishes within Shrewsbury see:


 * Shrewsbury Holy Cross with St. Giles


 * Shrewsbury Holy Trinity


 * Shrewsbury St. Alkmund


 * Shrewsbury St. Chad


 * Shrewsbury St. George


 * Shrewsbury St. Julian


 * Shrewsbury St. Mary


 * Shrewsbury St. Michael

 All Saints parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

 St Giles parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Shropshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851


 * Vision of Britain