Features

The Star of Shineton:
Heavens above! Dr. Trevor Hill and his wife Margaret put Sheinton on a different map as he collects a Heritage Star Award from the LHI in London

The Gleedon Hill Waggon-way:
An article by Dr. Trevor Hill
In 1870 William Ferriday and his partners, who ran the Lightmoor furnaces, signed a 21 year lease to extract limestone near Gleedon Hill.

When Sheinton beat Ironbridge with its iron-making!:
An article by Trevor G. Hill
Today thousands of visitors to the Ironbridge Gorge may well leave thinking that it was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Little do they know that iron-making had been a major industry across Shropshire since the 16th century and one important site was the iron-forge in Sheinton