About Us

The Secret Shropshire project gathers together Shropshire’s exceptional archaeological, historical and environmental heritage and display many items that rarely see the light of day.  The website explores the landscape, geology and history that has shaped the communities in six key areas of Shropshire;

• Clun (faded historic centre)
• Oswestry (historic market town, former industrial hinterland and important limestone uplands)
• Ellesmere and the Meres and Mosses (market town and distinctive glacial habitats)
• Wroxeter (Roman town and hinterland)
• Bridgnorth (Medieval fortress and trade and communications centre)
• Ironbridge (and in modern times Telford - cradle of the industrial revolution)

You can pursue your own interests through the huge searchable database of digitised materials. There are maps, old documents, old and new photographs of buildings, towns, archaeological sites and finds, wildlife photos, landscapes, nature reserves and geology.

The project was based at Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury, supported by the Lottery under the New Opportunities Fund ‘Digitise Programme’.

This picture shows the nine main members of staff who made up the Secret Shropshire team. Click on the links to find out more about each department and the work that they did in compiling the web site.