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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.

Shilston Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Silfestana 1086 DB
  • Silvestane 1242 Fees771
  • Schilveston 1244 Ass
  • Shilveston 1493 Ipm
  • Scillestane 1265 Misc
  • Schelston 1284 ADi

Etymology

'At the shelving stone,' i.e. cromlech. v. Shilstone infra 433.At this particular place no trace of such survives.