English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Shuttington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shuttington

Historical Forms

  • Cetitone 1086 DB
  • Schetintuna c.1160 Madox
  • Shetyndon 1365 ADv
  • Satinton 1176 P
  • Suttintona t.Hy2 Monast
  • Sutindon 1232 Ass
  • Sutinton 1262 ib
  • S(c)hutyngton 1285 1327 Misc
  • Schutinton 1327 SR
  • Shuttenton 1656 Dugdale
  • Shitington 1232 Ass
  • Shityngton 1262 ib
  • Shittyngton 1535 VE 1543 LP
  • Shotindon 1260 Pat
  • Shotyngton 1537 FF

Etymology

'Scytta 's farm,' ingtun. This is probably the OE  scytta , 'archer,' used as a pers. name.

Places in the same Parish