Pigot's Directory of Shropshire in the year 1842 on CD ROM.
It provides details for many of the local inhabitants although not the whole population of any given town or village, it shows a variety of people from Butchers to Bakers, Cabinet Makers, Builders, Publicans etc, etc
Anyone with an interest in Shropshire circa 1842 may well find this CD extremely useful in their research.
Areas Covered
All Stretton
Benthall - Bishop's Castle - Bridgnorth - Broseley
Church Stretton - Cleobury Mortimer - Clun - Coalbrook Dale - Coalport - Cradley
Dodington - Drayton
Ellesmere
Hales Owen - Hodnet
Ironbridge
Lilleshall - Little Stretton - Ludlow
Madeley - Market Drayton - Minton
Netherend - Newport
Oldbury - Oswestry
Paine's Lane - Pontesbury - Prees
Quatfield
Shiffnall - Shrewsbury
Tilstock
Wellington - Wem - Wenlock - Whitchurch - Whittington - Wombridge - Wrockwardine