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For the purposes of registering Births and Deaths, Shropshire was divided into a number of Registrars' Sub-Districts, which could cover anything from part of a large town, up to a group of several dozen rural parishes. The boundaries of these areas have changed frequently over the years since 1837, and as a result many birth and death records have been transferred between different register offices. Click on the name of the Sub-District to see a list of the places it covered.

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Last updated 7 September 2023
Sub-District Years Operative Registers at Code Years indexed
Atcham1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-ATC1837-1887
Atcham, Alberbury1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-ALY1837-1895
Atcham, Battlefield1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-BAT1837-1894
Atcham, Condover1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-CON1837-1935
Atcham, Montford1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-MON1837-1902
Atcham, Pontesbury1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-PON1837-1904
Atcham, St Chad's1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-SCD1837-1919
Atcham, Shrewsbury1919-ShrewsburyD-ATC-SHR1919-1935
Atcham, St Mary's1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-SMY1837-1919
Atcham, Westbury1837-ShrewsburyD-ATC-WES1837-1935
Bridgnorth1837-ShrewsburyD-BRI-BRI1837-2005
Bridgnorth & Wenlock1975-ShrewsburyD-BRI-BWK1975-1987
Bridgnorth, Chetton1837-ShrewsburyD-BRI-CHE1837-1925
Bridgnorth, Cleobury Mortimer1935-ShrewsburyD-BRI-CLM1935-1987
Bridgnorth, Madeley1948-ShrewsburyD-BRI-MAD1948-1966
Bridgnorth, Wenlock1966-ShrewsburyD-BRI-WNK1966-1975
Bridgnorth, Worfield1837-ShrewsburyD-BRI-WOR1837-1935
Church Stretton1837-ShrewsburyD-CST-CST1837-1935
Church Stretton, Wall1837-ShrewsburyD-CST-WAL1837-1895
Cleobury Mortimer1837-ShrewsburyD-CLM-CLM1837-1935
Cleobury Mortimer, Stottesden1837-ShrewsburyD-CLM-STO1837-1927
Clun1837-ShrewsburyD-CLU-CLU1837-1971
Clun, Bishop's Castle1837-ShrewsburyD-CLU-BCA1837-1971
Clun, Bishop's Castle & Clun1971-ShrewsburyD-CLU-BCC1971-2005
Clun, Chirbury1935-ShrewsburyD-CLU-CHI1935-1948
Clun, Lydbury1837-ShrewsburyD-CLU-LYD1837-1914
Clun, Norbury1837-ShrewsburyD-CLU-NOR1837-1914
Ellesmere1837-ShrewsburyD-ELL-ELL1837-1935
Ellesmere, Baschurch1837-ShrewsburyD-ELL-BAS1837-1935
Forden, Chirbury1875-ShrewsburyD-FOR-CHI1875-1935
Ludlow1837-ShrewsburyD-LUD-LUD1837-2005
Ludlow, Cainham1837-ShrewsburyD-LUD-CAM1837-1913
Ludlow, Craven Arms1935-ShrewsburyD-LUD-CRA1935-2005
Ludlow, Church Stretton1935-ShrewsburyD-LUD-CST1935-1948
Ludlow, Diddlebury1837-ShrewsburyD-LUD-DID1837-1935
Ludlow, Munslow1837-ShrewsburyD-LUD-MUN1837-1913
Madeley, Broseley1837-ShrewsburyD-MAD-BRO1837-1935
Madeley, Madeley1837-ShrewsburyD-MAD-MAD1837-1935
Madeley, Much Wenlock1837-ShrewsburyD-MAD-WNK1837-1906
Market Drayton1837-ShrewsburyD-MKD-MKD1837-1935
Market Drayton, Hodnet1837-ShrewsburyD-MKD-HOD1837-1887
Market Drayton, Moreton Say1837-ShrewsburyD-MKD-MSA1837-1910
Montgomery, Chirbury1837-ShrewsburyD-MGY-CHI1837-1875
North Shropshire, Market Drayton1969-ShrewsburyD-NSH-MKD1969-2005
North Shropshire, Wem1969-ShrewsburyD-NSH-WEM1969-2005
North Shropshire, Whitchurch1970-ShrewsburyD-NSH-WCH1970-2005
Oswestry1837-ShrewsburyD-OSW-OSW1837-1975
Oswestry, Ellesmere1935-ShrewsburyD-OSW-ELL1935-1975
Oswestry, Knockin1837-ShrewsburyD-OSW-KNO1837-1935
Oswestry, Oswestry & Ellesmere1975-ShrewsburyD-OSW-OEL1975-2005
Oswestry, St Martins1837-ShrewsburyD-OSW-SMN1837-1935
Oswestry, Whittington1935-ShrewsburyD-OSW-WGN1935-1948
Shrewsbury1935-ShrewsburyD-SHR-SHR1935-2005
Shrewsbury, East Atcham1935-ShrewsburyD-SHR-EAT1935-1939
Shrewsbury, West Atcham1935-ShrewsburyD-SHR-WAT1935-1941
Shropshire2004-ShrewsburyD-SSS-SSS2004-2022
Wem1837-ShrewsburyD-WEM-WEM1837-1935
Wem, Prees1837-ShrewsburyD-WEM-PRE1837-1935
Wenlock, Madeley1935-ShrewsburyD-WNK-MAD1935-1948
Whitchurch1837-ShrewsburyD-WCH-WCH1837-1969
Whitchurch, Market Drayton1935-ShrewsburyD-WCH-MKD1935-1969
Whitchurch, Wem1935-ShrewsburyD-WCH-WEM1935-1969