Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Shitelhanger 1162 P 1353 Ipm

• Scitillangel 1202 Ass

• Siteleshangre 1210–12 RBE

• Shittil Anger 1541 Statutes

• Shittlehanger 1779 F

• Sutelhangra 1184 P

• Sutelhanger

• Schutelhanger 13th ADii 1281 ADi 1329 ADiv

• Schetelhangra 1195 P 1388 Cl

• Shytenhang' 1253,1297 Ass

• Schuttenhangre 1285 Ass

• Schotellanger c.1282 ADiv

• Skutelanger 1290 Cl

• Shetlanger 1482 ADiv

• Shyttlanger 1562 FF

• Shitlanger 1678 EastonNeston

• Shettleanger 1702 Poll

Etymology

This is probably a compound of hangra and OE  scyt (t )el , 'shuttle,' 'dart,' 'bolt.' The sense in which the latter word is used must remain uncertain. The resemblance of the hill on which Shutlanger stands to either a shuttle or a bolt is not particularly obvious. The name may be descriptive of a wood from which shuttles , i.e. 'gate-bars,' are cut. Cf. Mounterley infra 160.