Shrewton is mentioned three times in Domesday Book. The first record states that land was held here before the Conquest by Alric and by Edward of Salisbury after the Conquest. The second area recorded was held by Wulfeva (Beteslau) before the Conquest and then by Godrey in 1086, and the third by Alward before the Conquest and then Theobald (the doctor) in 1086. Edward of Salisbury was tenant-in-chief over all.
VCH records that a church existed at Shrewton in 1236 (quoting: Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1903–27), 1226–57, 221).