SHREWTON, a parish in the hundred of BRANCH-and-DOLE,
county of WILTS, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from
Amesbury, containing 461 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £8, and in the
patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. There are two places of worship
for Baptists.