Ackton, Wakefield

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Ackton is a village in Wakefield

Other current and historical names

Acton
Aitone
Attone

Parish/Community: Featherstone
Unitary Authority: Wakefield
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°41'29"N 1°22'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 441151, 421840
OS Grid: SE411218
Mapcode Local: GBR LTTR.DG
Mapcode Global: WHDC5.SGVY

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

Ackton in historic gazetteers

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

Acton, township, Featherstone par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3½ miles W. of Pontefract, 968 ac., pop. 706.

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

Ackton, township, Featherstone par., E. div. West-Riding Yorksh., 3½ m. W. of Pontefract, 968 ac., pop. 706.

Ackton in the Domesday Book

A village in Agbrigg hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ligulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure

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British Place Names

Ackton, Wakefield

Ackton is a village in Wakefield

Ackton in historic gazetteers

Ackton in the Domesday Book