England
Cheshire East
Acton

Acton

Acton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burland and Acton, lying immediately west of the town of , in the unitary authority area of and the ceremonial county of , England.
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  • Type: Village with 330 residents
  • Description: village and former civil parish in Cheshire East, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Acton, Cheshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Acton and Dorfold Hall.

Church
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St Mary's Church is an active Anglican located in Monk's Lane, Acton, a village to the west of , , England. Since 1967 it has been designated a Grade I listed building.

Building
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is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion in Acton, , England, considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in the county. The present owners are the Roundells.

Bridge
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is a navigable aqueduct in Acton in , England, which carries the Shropshire Union Canal over the to road. Designed by Thomas Telford, it dates from around 1826 and is listed at grade II*.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantwich and Cholmondeston.

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is a beautiful historic town in . It contains many old buildings which were built after the great fire of in 1583. Someone who is born within the town's boundaries is called a 'Dabber'.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of and the ceremonial county of , England. The village lies 5 miles to the northwest of . is situated 4 miles north of Acton.

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WIN-b ree or WIM-b ree is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of and the ceremonial county of , England.

Acton

Latitude
53.07418° or 53° 4′ 27″ north
Longitude
-2.55022° or 2° 33′ 1″ west
Population
330
Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)
Open location code
9C5V3CFX+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1929196077
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12264391
Wiki­data ID
Q2123290
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Acton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اكتون”
  • Basque: “Acton (Cheshire)”
  • Basque: “Acton”
  • Cebuano: “Acton (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Cheshire East)”
  • Cebuano: “Acton”
  • Chinese: “Acton”
  • Dutch: “Acton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكتون”
  • French: “Acton”
  • Irish: “Acton”
  • Italian: “Acton (Cheshire)”
  • Italian: “Acton”
  • Ladin: “Acton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Acton (Cheshire)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Acan tūn, Ceasterscīr”
  • Persian: “اکتون”
  • Polish: “Acton”
  • Swedish: “Acton, Cheshire”
  • Swedish: “Acton”
  • Turkish: “Acton, Cheshire”
  • Urdu: “ایکٹن، چیشائر”
  • Welsh: “Acton, Swydd Gaer”
  • Welsh: “Acton”
  • “Acton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Acton”. Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 4.0.