Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Acton

Acton, township, Weaverham par., mid. Cheshire, 4½ miles NW. of Northwich by rail, 1177 ac. (27 water), pop. 597; the sta. is called Acton Bridge.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cheshire AncC
Place: Acton

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