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Acton
Acton may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Acton Australia * Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie * Acton Park, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, formerly known as Acton Canada * Acton, Ontario, a community * Acton Island, District of Muskoka, Ontario * Acton, New Brunswick * Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec New Zealand * Acton, New Zealand, a rural community United Kingdom * Acton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, a hamlet and townland * Acton, Cheshire, a village and civil parish * Acton, Cheshire (ancient parish) * Acton, Dorset, a hamlet * Acton, London, an area of west London ** Acton Green, London, between Acton and Chiswick ** East Acton ** North Acton ** South Acton, London ** West Acton ** Municipal Borough of Acton, former local government district ** Acton (UK Parliament constituency) * Acton, Northumberland, a hamlet * Acton, Shropshire, a village * Acton, Staffordshire, a ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Cheshire
Acton is a small village and former civil parishes in England, civil parish, now in the parish of Burland and Acton, lying immediately west of the town of Nantwich, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish covered and also included the small settlement of Dorfold and part of Burford, with an estimated population of 340 in 2006. It is administered jointly with the adjacent civil parishes of Henhull and Edleston. Historically, Acton refers to a township and also to an Acton, Cheshire (ancient parish), ancient parish in the Hundreds of Cheshire, Nantwich Hundred covering a wide area to the west of Nantwich. The area is agricultural, with dairy farming the main industry. Around a third of the area falls within the Dorfold Estate. Historically, agriculture was the major employer, but it has now been overtaken by the service industries, with many residents commuting significant distances outside the parish to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Ontario
Acton (population 9,376 in 2021) is a community located in the town of Halton Hills, in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. At the northern end of the Region, it is on the outer edge of the Greater Toronto Area and is one of two of the primary population centres of the Town; the other is Georgetown, Ontario, Georgetown. From 1842 until 1986, the town was a major centre for the tanning and leather goods industry. In the early years, it was often referred to as "Leathertown". History In 1825, the area now known as Acton was settled by the Rev. Ezra, Rev. Zenas, and Rufus Adams. These men were Methodist preachers who took a sabbatical and began farming here on a branch of the Credit River. A fourth brother, Eliphalet, also settled here later. In the 1840s, the community had a grist mill and tannery. The community was initially named Danville when settler Wheeler Green opened a dry-goods store in 1828. It was later called Adamsville, after the three or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Acton, London
South Acton is an area in Acton, West London, west of Charing Cross. At the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people. The area is dominated by the South Acton housing estate, a large public housing estate owned by Ealing Council. There are some 2,000 residential dwellings on the estate, covering approximately 25 hectares of land.South Acton Neighbourhood Regeneration: Urban Design Framework, Ealing Council, 2004 These are accommodated in a range of principally medium to high rise blocks. The estate also provides shops, a youth club, a community centre, a nursery, school buildings and open space. The area is well served by transport links. , a major interchange for the District and Piccadilly lines, with links to Heathrow and the West End is on the western boundary. On the southern boundary is South Acton railway station, a London Overground station running north through to Stratfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Acton
Welch Mountains () is a group of mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to , located north of Mount Jackson (Antarctica), Mount Jackson on the east margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land, Antarctica Location The Welch Mountains are near the Black Coast of central Palmer Land, which borders the Weddell Sea to the east. They are west-southwest of Lehrke Inlet, west-northwest of the Kvinge Peninsula, north of Mount Jackson (Antarctica), Mount Jackson, east of the Dyer Plateau and south of the Eland Mountains. Discovery and name The Welch Mountains were probably seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and their north extremities were sketched in 1936 by a British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) sledge party under John Rymill. In 1940 they were photographed from the air and charted from the ground by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and in the expedition reports and charts were assumed to be Ellsworth's Eternity Range. They were mapped in det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Borough Of Acton
Acton was a local government district in Middlesex, England from 1865 to 1965. Formation In 1865 the Local Government Act 1858 was adopted by the parish of Acton, and a twelve-member local board of health was formed to govern the area. The Local Government Act 1894 constituted the area an urban district, and an urban district council of fifteen councillors replaced the local board. The number of councillors was increased to sixteen in 1906. In 1921 the town was granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough. The borough council consisted of a mayor, six aldermen and twenty-four councillors. Coat of arms On incorporation in 1921 the borough was granted a coat of arms by the College of Arms. The shield featured an oak tree and the crest a branch of oak, both in reference to the derivation of the name "Acton" from "Oak Town". At the top of the shield were the arms of Middlesex County Council between an open book and a cogwheel for education and industry in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Acton was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Boundaries and boundary changes 1918–1945 ''The constituency was formed entirely from the existing constituency of Ealing (UK Parliament constituency), Ealing'' 1945–1974 ''The constituency was subject to minor boundary changes.'' 1974–1983 ''Wards to the west were transferred from the abolished constituency of Ealing South (UK Parliament constituency), Ealing South as well as minor parts of Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency), Ealing North.'' History The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 which increased the number of seats where population had expanded such as in Middlesex d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Northumberland
Acton is a small hamlet in Northumberland, north-east England, about south of Allendale Town. ''Acton'' is usually Anglo-Saxon Old English for "farmstead at the oak tree(s)"; here, though, it is "Acca's farmstead". ''Acca'' is an Anglo-Saxon settler's forename. Acton is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the administra .... References Hamlets in Northumberland {{Northumberland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Shropshire
Acton is a village in Shropshire, England, south of Bishop's Castle Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893. Bishop's Castle is east of the Wales–England border, about north-west of Ludlow and about south-west of .... External links Villages in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Staffordshire
Acton is a hamlet in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. It lies within the civil parish of Whitmore, four miles south west of Newcastle close to the junction of the A53 and the A5182, Trentham Road. Newcastle-under-Lyme District Council has an open windrow facility in Acton where it composts garden waste collected in the borough into a nutrient rich soil improver for local farms and other places including Trentham Gardens. There is a redundant church in the village bearing the inscription Wesleyan Church The Wesleyan Church, also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church or Wesleyan Holiness Church depending on the region, is a United States-based Christian denomination headquartered in Fishers, Indiana, with congregations across North America, th .... It is now a private house. The Acton Hall Equestrian Centre [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Suffolk
Acton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. The parish also includes the hamlets of Cuckoo Tye and Newman's Green. It is located three miles North East of Sudbury. Etymology According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the name is "''Village by the Oaks''". History The Domesday Book records the population of Acton in 1086 to be 83 households along with 50 acres for farming, wood for 40 pigs, 1 mill, 11 horses at hall, 31 cattle, 160 pigs, 423 sheep, and 7 beehives. The land was held by Ranulf Peverel, before the Norman Conquest, the village was held by Siward Barn. It was located in Babergh Hundred. All Saints is the local church. Five bells are hung in the tower for change ringing with the heaviest weighing 8 cwt-1qr-4lb (928 lb), and the oldest dating from 1659 cast by Miles Graye III, the tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, Wrexham
Acton (sometimes ) is a suburb and Community (Wales), community in Wrexham, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It spans the north-eastern part of Wrexham. The area is largely residential and at its centre, lies Acton Park, the location of the former Acton Hall. History and geography The name 'Acton' is derived from Old English, meaning "oak town", and is one of several placenames in the area with an Old English root. As with the neighbouring township of Stansty, the English name remained in use (often spelled in a cymricized form ''Actyn'') under Welsh administration. "Acton" is still used in Welsh, although the Welsh Language Commissioner has noted a name , meaning . It originally derives from an irregularly-shaped parcel of land historically referred to by the names "Acton Moor" and "" (then translated as ) and which formed the boundary between the townships of Acton and Wrexham Regis. The three fields comprising Gwaun y terfyn, or Acton Moor, had by the late 18th lost their old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
