Acton

Other current and historical names

Aketona
Aratona
Achetuna

Built-Up Area: Acton
Parish/Community: Acton
District/Borough: Babergh
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'14"N 0°45'39"E
Eastings/Northings: 589328, 244968
OS Grid: TL893449
Mapcode Local: GBR RJJ.17D
Mapcode Global: VHKF4.46NY

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 historic gazetteers

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

Acton, par., W. Suffolk, 2½ miles N. of Sudbury, 2811 ac., pop. 579; P.O.

Acton in the Domesday Book

A village in Babergh hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

- Overlords in 1066: Siward Barn; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn; Free men, fourteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Taxable Value: 14 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £24 in 1066; £24 in 1070; £33 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 45 smallholders; 17 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 34 cattle; 200 pigs; 9 beehives; 8 horses at the hall
- Animals in 1086: 31 cattle; 160 pigs; 7 beehives; 11 horses at the hall

British Place Names

Acton, Suffolk

Acton is a town in Suffolk

Acton in historic gazetteers

Acton in the Domesday Book