Shillington Family History

English (Lancashire): habitational name from Shilvington in Morpeth (Northumberland). The placename probably means something like ‘the farmstead of the people who live at the ledge’ from Old English scelf ‘rock ledge shelf’ + the groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.

Perhaps a habitational name from Shitlington (Yorkshire) from an Old English personal name Scyt(t)el + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.

Possibly a habitational name from Shillington (Bedfordshire). The placename means ‘the hill of the people of a man called Scyt(t)el’ from an Old English personal name Scyt(t)el + the groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + dūn ‘hill’.