Dr Paul Belford has developed an app called Histomap, which helps people learn about Shrewsbury's historical sights.

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00:00Hi, my name is Paul Belford. I'm an archaeologist based in Shrewsbury and I've developed this

00:04app, HistoMap, which helps you explore the historic buildings and places of Shrewsbury.

00:10You can see all these red dots, which are individual buildings. You click on one and

00:14it gives you some information. Here we are stood in front of St Mary's Church, which was

00:18founded in the Saxon period and was one of the most important churches in Shrewsbury.

00:22You can find out some basic information. If you want to scroll up and read a lot more

00:26detailed history, you can do that. Learn about some of the features to look out for on the church

00:31and also there are links to historic environment record, to English heritage and to other academic references.