Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• ? Actun 1002 (11th) ASWills, Sawyer 1536

• Actone 1086 DB

• Actona 1167 P

• Aketon' 1206 Cur

• Haketon 1317 Banco

• Hakeden', Hakedon' 1222 Ass 1225 Cur

• Hakedena 1225 Bracton

• Acton' 1206 Cur 1238 FineR 1242 Fees 1271 For 1284 Ch 1285 FA 1293 QW 1298 Banco 1327,1332 SR 1342 FF 1595 Comm

• Acton Trussel(l) 1481 CoramR 1501,1507 Ipm 1564 Pat 1568,1621 Survey 1834 O

• Acton Tressel 1563 Harl

• Trussel' 1204 OblR

• Bedehala 1086 DB

• Bedenhal', Bedenhala 1194 CartAnt 1194 StCart

• Bedenhale 1257 FineR 1298to1342 Banco 1303to1342 FF 1327,1332 SR 1428 FA

• Bodenhale 1242 Fees

• Bedenhall' 1285 FA 1574 Survey 1584 Comm

• Beddenhall 1559 Pat

• Bedenale 1501,1507 Ipm

• Bydenhale 1323 CoramR

• Bednalle 1481 CoramR

• Bednoll 1610 Speed

• Bednall 1535 VE 1559 Ct 16th Rental 1571 Pat 1595 Comm 1834 O

Etymology

'The farmstead by the oaks', v. āc , tūn . The Trussell family owned land here from at least 1342, v. VCH v. 13.

'Bēda's nook of land', v. halh .