[1] The village formerly had its own railway station on this line which opened in 1847, and closed in 1957.

The village contains a number of old cottages along the main street which were historically occupied by weavers, a village hall and one old pub, the "Shilton Arms", historically there was a second pub called the "Old Plough".

[1] The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as “Scelftone”, and was recorded as having eight households.

A second north aisle was added in 1865, and was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott.

Leicester Road contains a farm which field lies next to the Shilton Arms garden.