Welcome to the home page of Victoria County History (VCH), Shropshire.

Here you can find out about our work on the history of the county of Shropshire, details of our activities and other news, and you will also find PDF drafts of our publications, including sections of VCH Shropshire VI: Shrewsbury Part ii, which we are currently working on. The latest draft to be added was the one on The Horticultural Society. There is also some new material on Newport and an updated version of the Salopian Annals.

Our Annual Meeting and a talk by Duncan James on the historian of vernacular architecture, Madge Moran

Our Annual Meeting will be held this year on Saturday 24 October at Central Baptist Church in Shrewsbury. We welcome for our speaker Duncan James who will talk about the contribution to Shropshire history of the historian of vernacular architecture, the late Madge Moran. Shropshire has a rich legacy of timber-framed buildings and Madge Moran made a distinguished contribution to our knowledge and understanding of them.

As in previous years we make a small charge to cover our costs. Bookings are now open and can be made through Ticketsource. We do encourage you to book in advance: it allows us to know how much cake to order!

Details: 2pm - 4.30pm, 24 October. Central Baptist Church, 4 Claremont St, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QG. £8.50 including refreshments.

As we shall tell you when we make our Annual Report, we have lots going on. We continue to post draft text on our website as it is prepared. The most recent posts all concern Newport but we have two substantial Shrewsbury texts bubbling away and soon to be posted, and a further Wem Rural text. Paul Sutton has now prepared his first text on Bicton. The Newport texts are:

Buy our book on the history of Wem

The Wem short is 174 pages, with 35 figures, 5 maps: paperback. Available by post from VCH Shropshire.

£16 plus

£2.50 delivery

Email treasurer@vchshropshire.org.uk, to arrange a bank transfer.

If you prefer to send a cheque, please send a note of the address you want it delivered to (or print and fill in this form) and a cheque for £18.50, made out to
VCH (Shropshire) Ltd.
to:

VCH Shropshire
14 Stewardstone Gate
Priorslee
Telford
Shropshire
TF2 9SS

You can also find the book in various local retail outlets, including The Wem Bookshop, 81 High St, Wem, SY4 5DR; Pengwern Books, Fish St, Shrewsbury, SY1 1UR; and Shropshire Archives (Wednesday–Friday), Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AQ, for £16.00, but check to see whether they are open before you travel there.

Shropshire publications by the List and Index Society

Early Records of Newport, Shropshire, c.1150-c.1650

By Judith Everard

The Estates of Thomas Talbot and John Talbot of Longford

By Richard Hoyle

These books are available from the List and Index Society. You'll make a saving if you join the Society first and use the members discount code to purchase the volumes.

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