Shangton is a parish and village 1 mile (2 km) north of Tur Langton in Leicestershire, England.

[1] Mentioned in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086, Shangton was a settlement in the Hundred of Gartree, Leicestershire.

[5] The village of Shangton (spelt as Shankton) is clearly visible on the 1576 map of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, produced (in Latin) by Christopher Saxton as part of his Atlas of England and Wales,[6] but no indication of village settlement size is shown.

The line of the Gartree Roman road (Via_Devana) is 0.6 miles (1 km) north east of the village.

[7] As a result of the turnpike, the Roman road soon fell into disrepair[8] and only parts of it remain visible today.