Shrewton, Wiltshire Family History Guide

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Shrewton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1557
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Calvinist

Adjacent Parishes

Shrewton Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Shrewton. The index includes information from London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Goldsbury, Nicholas, of Shrewton, Wilts, gent., bachelor, 23, and Mary Gilbert, spinster, 18, daughter of John Gilbert, of Maddington, said county, gent., who consents — at Maddington aforesaid. 20 Feb. 1632/3. F.

Shrewton Strays

Robert Rideout & Elizabeth Uphil, both of Shrewton, co. Dorset [sic] 6 May 1752 married at Mere

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHREWTON, a parish, with a village, in Amesbury district, Wilts; 6 miles WNW of Amesbury, and 6 N of Wishford r. station. It has a post-office under Devizes.

Acres, 2,178. Rated property, £2,074. Pop., 710. Houses, 159. The property is much subdivided. There are several ancient British remains.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £230. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1854.

There are a dissenting chapel, a national school, and charities £71.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Amesbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Wylye
  • Poor Law Union: Amesbury
  • Hundred: Branch and Dole
  • Province: Canterbury