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Search for the banns of couples read in about 100 parishes in Shropshire, England, between 1760 and 1900. Discover when your ancestors’ banns were read, when they got married, and their previous marital status. 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. Once you find a banns record, search the Shropshire Marriages to discover the marriage record.
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Each record comprises a transcript and a colour image of the original parish register of the marriage banns.
The amount of information included varies, but the Shropshire Banns records usually include the following information about your ancestor:
- Full names of the bride and groom
- Places of residence of the bride and groom
- Date of banns
- Date of marriage
Some records may also include other details. These may not always be transcribed, but you may be able to see them on the scanned image of the original record. Further details may include:
- Previous marital status such as bachelor, spinster, or widower
- Dates of the three Sundays the banns were published
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The record set comprises almost 42,245 banns from around 100 Anglican parishes in Shropshire, England.
These records date from 1760 to 1900.
An ancient legal tradition, banns are an announcement in church of a couple’s intention to marry. The reading of the banns provides an opportunity for anybody to put forward a reason why the marriage may not lawfully take place. Banns must be read in the parish (or parishes) in which the couple lives and in the parish they will marry, on three Sundays in the three months before the wedding.
Salop is the old name for the West Midlands county of Shropshire. It was renamed Shropshire by order of the county council in 1980. The county town is Shrewsbury.
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.
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Adderley
Alberbury
Alveley
Astley Abbots
Atcham
Barrow
Baschurch
Beckbury
Benthall
Bishop's Castle
Bromfield
Bucknell
Burford - 1st Portion (Boraston & Nash)
Burford - 3rd Portion (St Mary)
Cardington
Caynham
Chelmarsh
Cheswardine
Chetwynd
Child's Ercall
Churchstoke
Claverley
Cleobury North
Clun and Bryn
Clunbury
Clungunford
Cound
Dawley Magna
Diddlebury
Ditton Priors
Eaton Constantine
Eaton Under Heywood
Ellesmere
Great Ness
Hanwood
High Ercall
Highley
Hodnet
Hopesay
Hordley
Hyssington
Ightfield
Kinlet
Kinnerley
Knockin
Kynnersley
Lilleshall
Little Wenlock
Llanfair Waterdine
Llanyblodwell
Longden On Tern
Longford
Ludlow
Lydbury North
Lydham
Madeley
Mainstone
Malinslee (Dawley Nova)
Montford
More
Moreton Corbet
Moreton Say
Much Wenlock
Myddle
Neen Sollars
Norbury
Norton In Hales
Onibury
Pontesbury
Prees
Quatt
Ratlinghope
Richard's Castle
Rushbury
Sheinton
Sherriffhales
Shifnal
Shrawardine
Shrewsbury, Holy Cross (The Abbey)
Shrewsbury, St Alkmund's
Shrewsbury, St Chad's
Shrewsbury, St Julian's
Shrewsbury, St Mary's
St Martin's (Weston Rhyn Tithe Map
Stanton Long
Stirchley
Stoke St Milborough
Stokesay
Stottesdon
Tugford
Uppington
Wem
Wentnor
Wheathill and Loughton
Whitchurch
Wistanstow
Worthen
Wroxeter
