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.

Shelton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shelton

Historical Forms

  • Sceltun(e) 1086 DB
  • Scelton(e) t.John BM 1204 FineR 1208–13 Fees
  • Shelton 1236 FF
  • Schel(l)ton 1253 Ebor
  • Schelton 1302 FA 1333 SR
  • Skelton 1305 FF
  • Shilton 1335 Ass

Etymology

'Farm on sloping ground,' v. scylf , tun . The place is on a slight elevation between the Smite and Back Dyke. Cf. Shelton (PN BedsHu 19).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site