OS Grid Reference: 51°11'N 1°55'W
Name Origin: the place was originally Winterbourne, named after a stream winterburna (Old English winter stream). When the manor came to be held by a sheriff, the name became Winterburn Shyreveton Winterburn held by the sheriff. Later, the first element was dropped.
LAND OF THE SAME EDWARD OF SALIBURY
[Called Edward the Sheriff in an earlier entry.]
Edward also holds
WINTREBURNE. Wulfeva held it before 1066; it paid tax for 3 hides. Land for 3 ploughs. Godfrey holds it from Edward. Of this land he holds 2 hides in lordship; 2 ploughs there; 4 slaves. 4 villagers and 4 smallholders with 1 plough. A mill which pays 5s; meadow, 6 acres; woodland, 30 acres; pasture 6 furlongs long and 4 furlongs wide. The value was and is £3.
WINTREBURNE. Alric held it before 1066; it paid tax for 13 hides and 3 virgates. Land for 7 ploughs. Of this land 7 hides in lordship; 4 ploughs there; 7 slaves. 12 villagers and 5 smallholders with 3 ploughs. Meadow, 10 acres; pasture 1 league long and ½ league wide. The value was £6; now £10.
Theobald holds WINTREBURNE from Edward. Alfward held it before 1066; it paid tax for 3 hides, 1 virgate of land and 4 acres. Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough, with 1 villager and 6 smallholders. Pasture 13 acres. The value was 30s; now £4.
[It is unclear which, if any, of these Wintreburnes is the forerunner of the present-day village. At least two, and possibly all three, are unidentified Winterbourne holdings.]
A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 1831:
SHREWTON, a parish in the hundred of BRANCH and DOLE, county of WILTS, 5¾ 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 kings'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.
The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, ed J.H.F.Brabner, 1895:
Shrewton, a parish, with a village, in Wiltshire, 6 miles WNW of Amesbury, and 6 from Wylye station on the G.W.B. 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.
Associated Families: Stevens Waylen
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