Acton

Other current and historical names

Tacatone
Tca
Ta

Parish/Community: Worth Matravers
District/Borough: Purbeck
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°36'22"N 2°1'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 398500, 78500
OS Grid: SY985785
Mapcode Local: GBR 33W.ZDB
Mapcode Global: FRA 67NG.MVF

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 the Domesday Book

A village in Ailwood hundred, in the county of Dorset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward Colling
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Grip's wife Hawise
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Grip's wife Hawise
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 12/4¾
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle

British Place Names

Acton, Dorset

Acton is a village in Dorset

Acton in the Domesday Book