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Survey of English Place-Names

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Acton, Acton Forge, Acton Hall, Acton Lane & Acton Mill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weaverham

Historical Forms

  • Acton e13 Tab 1260 Court
  • Acton iuxta Weverham 1314 Plea
  • Acton in foresta de Delamere 1400 ChRR
  • Acton iuxta Dutton 1420 Plea
  • Actona 1252 RBE 1288 Court
  • Akton 1301 Chamb
  • Actonne 1338 Orm2
  • Actun 1545 Plea
  • Acton Forge & Acton Mill 1831 Bry
  • Aketon 1299 Tab

Etymology

'Oak farm', from āc and tūn , with forge , hall , lane and myln .Aketon may be from the gen.pl. āca , cf. Acton 126supra . Acton adjoins Weaverham 205infra and Dutton 2112, and was within the Forest of Delamere 18.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site