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SHROPSHIRE DIRECTOR

ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

BISHOP’S CASTLE HERITAGE RESOURCE CENTRE

a Chapel Yard, Bishop’s Castle SY9 5DE

t 01588 630556

w bchrc.co.uk

The centre is owned and run by the House on Crutches Museum Collection Trust. Its resources include parish registers, census returns and trade directories.

BRIDGNORTH LIBRARY

a 67 Listley Street, Bridgnorth WV16 4AW

t 01746 763358

e bridgnorth.library@shropshire. gov.uk

w shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/ find-a-library/bridgnorthlibrary

Like all libraries across the county, Bridgnorth Library provides access to ancestry. co.uk, britishnewspaperarchive. co.uk and findmypast.co.uk. A local history collection here mainly comprises books on Bridgnorth and the wider Shropshire area, dating from the 19th century to the present.

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