SHAPWICK, a parish in the hundred of WHITLEY, county of SOMERSET, 6 miles (W. byS.) from Glastonbury, containing 414 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Ashcott annexed, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £9. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Rev. G. H. Templar. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.