Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• ?Scetre 1086 DB

• ?Scetra Exon

• Schitereston 1285 FA

• Shetereston 1288 Ass

• Shiter(e)ton 1300 FF 1316 FA 1412 FA 1431 FA 1458 Weld1

• Schitertone 1327 SR

• Shyterton 1332 SR 1420 FF

• Chiterton 1456 IpmR

• Sheterton, Schyterton 1525 Pars

• Shuterton 1546,1549 Lane

• Chiderton 1597 PlR

• Shytterton 1626 Bartelot

• Shitterton, Shetterton 1687 Weld1

• Shitterton alias Whete-Lovington 1774 Hutch1

• Chitterton alias Shitterton alias White-Lovington 1861 Hutch3

Etymology

Shitterton (SY 841950) [ˈʃidərtn], ?Scetre 1086 DB, ?Scetra Exon, Schitereston 1285 FA, Shetereston 1288Ass , Shiter (e )ton 1300 FF, 1316 FA, 1412 FA, 1431 FA, 1458Weld 1, Schitertone 1327SR , Shyterton 1332 SR, 1420 FF, Chiterton 1456 IpmR, Sheterton , Schyterton 1525Pars , Shuterton 1546, 1549Lane , Chiderton 1597 PlR, Shytterton 1626Bartelot , Shitterton , Shetterton 1687Weld 1, Shitterton alias Whete -Lovington 1774 Hutch1, Chitterton alias Shitterton alias White -Lovington 1861 Hutch3, 'farm at Shitter ' ('the sewer, the stream used as a sewer'), from scitere , tūn , v. Ekwall RN 363, cf. White Lovington supra ; the place is on a small stream, cf. Southbrook infra . For reasons of prudishness the name now sometimes appears as Sitterton (in e.g. Kelly and on local signposts), cf. also pronunciation. For the DB identification, v. Ekwall RN 363, Fägersten 70, VCHDo 3 69, cf. Eyton 133–4, DBGazetteer 125.