sounds Anglo-Saxon. -ing in a word often indicates 'the sons of'. So it must have been a farm (ton) owned by the descendants of Mr. Shittle.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > There's a bit of moorland (not a mountain but quite high up) > north of here called Shitlington Common. I presume it's some > corruption of an original anglo/viking/norman name. >
