Shelton

Meanings

1. A surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A place in England:
4. A village in Dean and Shelton parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0368).
5. A small village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM2291).
6. A small village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7844).
7. A western suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4613).
8. A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8746).
9. A place in the United States:
10. A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
11. A village in Buffalo County and Hall County, Nebraska.
12. A city, the county seat of Mason County, Washington.

Etymology

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.