In the year 745, one Sulla
stiled the handmaid of Christ, gave seven Manors to the Abbot of
Glastonbury of which one was Shapwick and they were called the Abbot's
Seven Sisters. These are recorded in the Doomsday Book under the name
Shapwick.
On the 28th January in the year 1329 AD, the Abbot of
Glastonbury applied to the Bishop of Wells for permission to remove the
Shapwick Church from the place now called Old Church near Bearway Farm
and to build a new church in the village.
The Church of the Blessed
Mary at Shapwick was consecrated on October 13th 1331, replacing an
earlier church located at a different place in the village.
In 1861 the chancel was restored and the roof and nave
completely overhauled and repaired.
