 It was formed by the merger of the Shrewsbury and West Shropshire Leagues, which were formed in the late 1940s.At its height it comprised three divisions, but the number of teams fell and by the end of the 2010–11 season only 8 teams remained.It was decided in 2011 to fold the league, and 6 of the member teams came over to the Shropshire County League (one of which, Rock Rovers, were the final season's champions and would have been promoted to the County League in any case).