In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Acton like this:
ACTON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; near the river Stour, 2½ miles N by E of Sudbury r. station. It has a post office under Sudbury. Acres, 2,811. Real property, £4,159. Pop., 558. Houses, 122. The property belongs chiefly to two. Acton Place contains some old paintings and other interesting objects. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £255.* Patron, Earl Howe. The church contains five brasses, and is good.
Acton through time
Acton is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Acton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Acton, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6991
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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