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Aerial view of Garden Village, Highley
This aerial view from 1953 shows the Garden Village. The first street fronted by houses is Woodhill Road and at the top of the photograph can be se...
Air Raid Patrol
This poster was issued during the Second World War (1939-1945) to encourage people to become ARP wardens. The warden had the job of seeing air rai...
Almshouse garden plan, Bridgnorth
This is the plan of a small garden in Church Street, created by the Almshouse charity after one of its properties were destroyed by Luftwaffe durin...
Ankareta at Haughmond Abbey
A grave slab remembering the Anchorite, Ankareta, who lived alone and prayed at Haughmond Abbey. She died in 1528. This photograph was taken durin...
Annual Meeting of Parishioners, 20th April 1969
exhibition These are the minutes of the meeting of the P.C.C (the Parochial Church Council), for the parish of Wroxeter. These minutes often contain details a...
Annual Meeting of Parishioners, 23rd April 1968
exhibition These are the minutes of the meeting of the P.C.C (the Parochial Church Council), for the parish of Wroxeter. These minutes often contain details a...
Annual Meeting of the Wroxeter Parishoners, 21st April 1966
exhibition These are the minutes of the P.C.C, the Parochial Church Council, for the parish of Wroxeter. This is an organisation that helped the vicar run the...
Annual Meeting of Wroxeter Parishioners, 11th April 1967
exhibition These are the minutes of the meeting of the P.C.C (the Parochial Church Council), for the parish of Wroxeter. These minutes often contain details a...
Atcham
Both of these bridges cross the River Severn at Atcham. The bridge on the right was built between 1769 and 1771 by John Gwynne and carried Thomas ...
Atcham
The Severn Bridge at Atcham was built on the site of the original ford where the river is broad and Both of these bridges cross the River Severn at...
Barytes mine at Hagley near Chirbury
These mining remains at Hagley, near Chirbury, date from around 1920. The mine was used to extract minerals including lead ore, copper ore, jet and...
Billets
Before the Second World War (1939-1945) there was great concern that there would be huge loss of civilian life from air attacks. Although air powe...



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