Shrewton, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Shrewton, a parish, with a village, in Wiltshire, 6 miles WNW of Amesbury, and 6 from Wylye station on the G.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 2203; population of the civil parish, 548; of the ecclesiastical, 891. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. There are several ancient British remains. The living is a vicarage, with Maddington annexed, in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1854, and is a building of flint and stone. There are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Shrewton:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Shrewton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Shrewton (St. Mary))

Maps

Online maps of Shrewton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online:

• Salisbury and Winchester Journal
• Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
• Wiltshire Independent
• Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle