Acton

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Acton is a village in Cheshire East

Parish/Community: Acton
Unitary Authority: Cheshire East
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°4'22"N 2°33'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 363235, 353000
OS Grid: SJ632530
Mapcode Local: GBR 7R.BK19
Mapcode Global: WH9B9.S0TZ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Acton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Acton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Acton, township, Weaverham par., mid. Cheshire, 4½ miles NW. of Northwich by rail, 1177 ac. (27 water), pop. 597; the sta. is called Acton Bridge.

Acton in the Domesday Book

A village in Warmundestrou hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Malbank
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Malbank
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 22 smallholders; 3 slaves; 2 priests; 2 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 13 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 6 leagues
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 1 salthouse

British Place Names

Acton, Cheshire East

Acton is a village in Cheshire East

Acton in historic gazetteers

Acton in the Domesday Book