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Shelton

//ˈʃɛltən// name

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

Etymology

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

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