Where does the last name shelton come from?

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Where does the last name shelton come from?

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This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

Shelton Name Meaning and History

English (mainly Nottinghamshire): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, which are named from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

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