Search Shropshire marriages
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Discover whether any of your ancestors were married in the diocese of Shropshire, England. These records cover almost four centuries of marriages, between 1538 and 1900. You will find your ancestor’s wedding date and spouse’s name. Later records will also include the names of witnesses, who were often relatives or close friends. Marriages from various denominations are represented, such as Methodist, Unitarian, Congregational and Baptist.
Each record comprises a transcript and a colour image of the original parish register of the marriage.
The amount of information included varies, but the Shropshire marriage records usually include the following information about your ancestor:
Later records may also include additional details. These may not always be transcribed, but you may be able to see them on the scanned image of the original record. You might uncover:
This record set comprises almost 535,600 marriages in Shropshire, England.These records date from 1538 to 1900.
These records cover and can be searched by the following denominations:
The vast majority of the records are Anglican, which remains the largest denomination in Britain today.
The second largest set is the Methodist, which is the fourth largest Christian church in Britain today.
The Baptist church is part of the Congregationalist Polity, a system of church governance in which each local church congregation is autonomous.
The Unitarian movement, a reform movement, became widespread in the Church of England in the seventeenth century.
The United Reform Church is one of the smaller mainstream denominations, and is also involved in the reform movement.
The Congregational church changed in the middle of the nineteenth century from isolated meeting houses into a network of thriving chapels, while still retaining its independence.
The Society of Friends emerged as a dissenting Christian organisation in England during the English Civil War.
Marriage records are an essential part of researching your family history. There are records where the parents of the bride and groom are listed, and these are often the key to finding out the names of the generation before.
Occasionally, ages of the couple may be listed as "full" rather than as a figure. This was a customary way of noting that they were over the required age of 21. If the bride or groom was under the age of 21, “with consent of parents” is noted in the record.
Salop is the old name for the West Midlands county of Shropshire. The county town is Shrewsbury. It was renamed Shropshire by order of the county council in 1980.
These records belong to the Shropshire Collection, a unique set of records spanning baptisms, banns, marriages and burials, which provides details of the history of Shropshire and its people.
These records are from the diocese of Shropshire; note that dioceses can cross county borders. Shropshire borders Wales, and there are a number of records from Montgomeryshire in Wales in these records.
Abdon
Acton Burnell
Acton Scott
Adderley
Alberbury
Albrighton (Shifnal)
Albrighton (Shrewsbury)
Alveley
Annscroft
Ashford Bowdler
Ashford Carbonell
Astley
Astley Abbots
Aston Botterell
Atcham
Badger
Barrow
Baschurch
Battlefield
Bayston Hill
Beckbury
Bedstone
Benthall
Berrington
Betton Strange
Betws-Y-Crwyn
Bicton
Billingsley
Bishop's Castle
Bitterley
Bolas Magna
Boningale
Bridgnorth, St Leonard
Bridgnorth, St Mary Magdalene
Bromfield
Broseley
Broughton
Bucknell
Buildwas
Burford - 1st Portion (Boraston & Nash)
Burford - 2nd Portion (Whitton)
Burford - 3rd Portion (St Mary)
Burwarton
Calverhall
Cardeston
Cardington
Caynham
Chelmarsh
Cheswardine
Chetton
Chetwynd
Child's Ercall
Chirbury
Church Aston
Church Preen
Church Pulverbatch
Churchstoke
Church Stretton
Claverley
Clee St Margaret
Cleeton St Mary
Cleobury Mortimer
Cleobury North
Clive
Clun and Bryn
Clunbury
Clungunford
Coalbrookdale
Cockshutt
Cold Weston
Condover
Coreley
Cound
Cressage
Criftins
Cruckton (Chapelry Of Pontesbury)
Culmington
Dawley Magna
Dawley Parva
Diddlebury
Ditton Priors
Donington
Donnington Wood
Drayton In Hales
Dudleston
Easthope
Eaton Constantine
Eaton Under Heywood
Edgmond
Edgton
Edstaston
Ellesmere
Eyton On The Wealdmoors
Farlow
Fitz
Ford
Frodesley
Glazeley With Deuxhill
Great Ness
Great Wollaston and Middletown
Greete
Grinshill
Habberley
Hadley
Hadnall
Halford
Hanwood
Harley
Hengoed
High Ercall
Highley
Hinstock
Holdgate
Hope
Hope Bagot
Hope Bowdler
Hopesay
Hopton Cangeford
Hopton Castle
Hordley
Hughley
Hyssington
Ightfield
Ironbridge
Jackfield
Kemberton
Kenley
Ketley (Red Lake)
Kinlet
Kinnerley
Knockin
Knowbury
Kynnersley
Lawley
Lee Brockhurst
Leebotwood
Leighton
Leighton (Chirbury)
Lilleshall
Linley
Little Drayton
Little Ness
Little Wenlock
Llanfair Waterdine
Llanyblodwell
Llanymynech
Longden On Tern
Longford
Longnor
Loppington
Ludford
Ludlow
Lydbury North
Lydham
Madeley
Maesbrook
Mainstone
Malinslee (Dawley Nova)
Melverley
Meole Brace
Middleton In Chirbury
Middleton Scriven
Milson
Monkhopton
Montford
More
Moreton Corbet
Moreton Say
Much Wenlock
Munslow
Myddle
Myndtown
Neen Savage
Neen Sollars
Neenton
Newport
Newtown (Wem)
Norbury
Norton In Hales
Oakengates
Oldbury
Onibury
Oswestry, Holy Trinity
Oswestry, St Oswald's
Petton
Pitchford
Pontesbury
Prees
Preston Gubbalds
Preston On The Weald Moors
Priorslee
Quatford
Quatt
Ratlinghope
Richard's Castle
Rodington
Rushbury
Ruyton Xi Towns
Ryton, Shifnal
Sarn
Selattyn
Shawbury
Sheinton
Shelton and Oxon
Shelve
Sherriffhales
Shifnal
Shipton
Shrawardine
Shrewsbury, All Saints
Shrewsbury, Holy Cross (The Abbey)
Shrewsbury, Holy Trinity
Shrewsbury, St Alkmund's
Shrewsbury, St Chad's
Shrewsbury, St George's
Shrewsbury, St Julian's
Shrewsbury, St Mary's
Shrewsbury, St Michael's
Sibdon Carwood
Sidbury
Silvington
Smethcott
Snead
St George's
St Martin's (Weston Rhyn Tithe Map)
Stanton Lacy
Stanton Long
Stanton Upon Hine Heath
Stapleton
Stirchley
Stockton
Stoke On Tern
Stoke St Milborough
Stokesay
Stottesdon
Stowe
Sutton
Sutton Maddock
Tasley
Tibberton
Tilstock
Tong
Trefonen
Trelystan (Chirbury), County Of Powys
Tugford
Uffington
Uppington
Upton Cressett
Upton Magna
Waters Upton
Wellington, All Saints
Wellington, Christ Church
Welshampton
Wem
Wentnor
West Felton
Westbury
Weston Lullingfield
Weston Rhyn
Weston Under Redcastle
Wheathill and Loughton
Whitchurch
Whittington
Whixall
Willey
Wistanstow
Withington
Wombridge
Woodcote Chapelry
Woolstaston
Woore
Worfield
Worthen
Wrockwardine
Wrockwardine Wood
Wroxeter
Market Drayton Circuit
Shrewsbury - Albert St
Shrewsbury, Castlefields
Shrewsbury, St John's Hill
St. George’s
Shrewsbury, Claremont
Whitchurch
Shrewsbury
Maesbury
Weston Rhyn, Quinta
