[2][3] Old Shotton can be traced back as far as 900 AD, when it was known as Scitton, which in Old English means 'of the Scots', The village name[4] was first recorded in 1165 as 'Sottun'.

In 1756, the Brandlings built Shotton Hall and this eventually passed through marriage to the Burdon family.

This pit began producing coal the following year, and the village of Shotton Colliery soon started to develop.

Shotton Airfield/Peterlee Parachute Centre now occupies the colliery site, and it is common to see parachutists over the village most days.

It has an inscription "Erected 1920 by the parishioners and federated workmen of Shotton Colliery to the memory of the 152 men who fell in the Great War 1914-1919".