Acton, Suffolk
Historical Description
Acton, a parish in West Suffolk, near the river Stour, 3 miles E from Long Melford station on the G.E.R., and 3 from Sudbury. It has a post office (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Sudbury. Acreage, 2885; population, of the civil parish, 619; of the ecclesiastical, 607. Acton Place, which has been rebuilt, contains some old paintings and other interesting objects. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; yearly value, £375 with residence. Patron, Earl Howe, who is the chief landowner. The church has been restored, with the exception of the tower. It contains the oldest perfect brass in the kingdom, that of Sir Robert de Bures, 1302.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Acton All Saints | |
Hundred | Babergh | |
Poor Law union | Sudbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Acton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Acton (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Acton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online: