Shafton is known from the medieval period and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The structure of the medieval settlement is likely to have consisted of farms and cottages along Chapel Street and Hawthorne street with thin plots of land behind the residences. There is some survival of this pattern giving partial legibility of the previous landscape. The village was partly redeveloped in the early 20th century and a number of terraces were built. This period dominates the character of this polygon although there are more modern infills and small estates.