Acton
Encyclopedia
Australia
- Acton, Australian Capital TerritoryActon, Australian Capital TerritoryActon is a suburb of Canberra, Australia. Acton covers an area west of the CBD, bordered by Black Mountain to the west and Lake Burley Griffin in the south...
, suburb of Canberra - Acton, TasmaniaActon, TasmaniaActon is a suburb of the City of Burnie in north-west Tasmania, Australia.It's 2006 population was 1,352....
, suburb of Burnie, Tasmania - Acton Park, TasmaniaActon Park, TasmaniaActon Park is a rural suburb of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is in the City of Clarence Local Government Area. It's 2006 population was 2,129....
, suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, formerly known as Acton
Canada
- Acton, OntarioActon, OntarioActon is a community located in the Town of Halton Hills, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada.Acton is located on Highway 7 and the former Highway 25. Acton is served by GO Transit bus service on the Georgetown line corridor.-History:Acton was first named Danville when Settler Wheeler Green opened...
- Actons Corners, OntarioActons Corners, OntarioActons Corners is a small rural community in eastern Ontario in the municipality of North Grenville in the County of Leeds and Grenville. It is located on County Road 43 between Kemptville and Merrickville at the intersection of Actons Corners Road and County Road 25 .Except for a historic stone...
- Acton Island, in the District of Muskoka, Ontario
- Acton, New Brunswick
- Acton Regional County Municipality, QuebecActon Regional County Municipality, QuebecActon Regional County Municipality is located in Central Quebec. The Regional County Municipality Seat is Acton Vale.Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is...
(MRC d'Acton)- Acton Vale, QuebecActon Vale, QuebecActon Vale is an industrial town in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Acton and is in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,797...
- Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, QuebecSaint-Nazaire-d'Acton, QuebecSaint-Nazaire-d'Acton is a parish municipality in central Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Acton. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 832.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language ...
- Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, QuebecSaint-Théodore-d'Acton, QuebecSaint-Théodore-d’Acton is a parish municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,494....
- Acton Vale, Quebec
United Kingdom
- Acton, CheshireActon, CheshireActon is a small village and civil parish lying immediately west of the town of Nantwich in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of...
- Acton, DorsetActon, DorsetActon is a hamlet in the parish of Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. The hamlet of Acton was built as living quarters for the quaryrmen working at the local quarries....
- Acton, County ArmaghActon, County ArmaghActon is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about a half mile north of Poyntzpass. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 78 people...
- Acton, StaffordshireActon, StaffordshireActon is a hamlet in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire....
- Acton, ShropshireActon, ShropshireActon is a village in Shropshire, England....
- Acton, Worcestershire
- Acton, SuffolkActon, SuffolkActon 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. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the name is Village by the Oaks....
- Acton, LondonActon, LondonActon is a district of west London, England, located in the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross.At the time of the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people...
- Acton, NorthumberlandActon, NorthumberlandActon 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"; here, though, it is "Acca's farmstead"...
- Acton, WrexhamActon, WrexhamActon is a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of the Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It lies in the north-eastern part of the market town of Wrexham...
- Acton (UK Parliament constituency)Acton (UK Parliament constituency)- Elections in the 1940s :- Elections in the 1960s :-References:...
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- Acton BeauchampActon BeauchampActon Beauchamp is a village in the English county of Herefordshire.- History and amenities :The village church is dedicated to St. Giles and is built in Norman style, partly rebuilt in 1819 but also having an extremely rare Anglo Saxon carved stone door lintel reused in the wall of the Norman...
, Herefordshire - Acton BridgeActon Bridgeright|thumb|Map of the civil parish of Acton Bridge within the former borough of Vale RoyalActon Bridge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. Located within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester on the River Weaver, it is near the Trent and Mersey Canal at approximately...
, Cheshire - Acton BurnellActon BurnellActon Burnell is a village and parish in the English county of Shropshire. It lies at 110m above sea level and is near to Park Wood.-Attractions:...
, Shropshire - Acton Green, Herefordshire
- Acton Green, LondonActon Green, LondonActon Green is a small neighbourhood in the London Borough of Ealing, in west London, England.-Tube Stations:* Chiswick Park, District Line...
- Acton PigottActon PigottActon Pigott is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire. It lies just outside the village of Acton Burnell....
, Shropshire - Acton Place, Suffolk
- Acton ReynaldActon ReynaldActon Reynald is a village in the north of Shropshire, England. The village is perhaps more of a hamlet in that it does not contain a public house, Post Office, or any other features typically associated with villages. It is in close proximity to the A49 which runs from Ross-on-Wye on the Welsh...
, Shropshire - Acton RoundActon RoundActon Round is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. It is known as Achetune in the Domesday Book.-External links:...
, Shropshire - Acton ScottActon ScottActon Scott is a village and parish near Church Stretton in Shropshire, England. It lies in the Shropshire Hills area of outstanding natural beauty. The settlement was registered as Actune in the Domesday Book....
, Shropshire - Acton TrussellActon TrussellActon Trussell is a village in the English county of Staffordshire. It is known as Actone in the Domesday Book. Located around 4 miles southeast of Stafford, it is an affluent village, with many large homes but few local amenities...
, Staffordshire - Acton TurvilleActon TurvilleActon Turville is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is known as Achetone in the Domesday Book.-External links:...
, South Gloucestershire
United States
- Acton, CaliforniaActon, CaliforniaActon was founded in 1887 by gold miners who were working in the Red Rover Mine. It was named after Acton, Massachusetts by one of the miners. Two of the best-known gold mines located in Acton were the Red Rover mine and the Governors mine. Mining of gold, copper, and titanium ore continued into...
- Acton, IndianaActon, IndianaActon is a small community located in the southeast corner of Marion County, Indiana, and has been included into the city of Indianapolis. The community was named for a resident, General Acton....
- Acton, KentuckyActon, KentuckyActon is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 70 east of the city of Campbellsville, the county seat of Taylor County. Its elevation is 728 feet ....
- Acton, MassachusettsActon, MassachusettsActon is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States about twenty-one miles west-northwest of Boston along Route 2 west of Concord and about ten miles southwest of Lowell. The population was 21,924 at the 2010 census...
- Acton, MaineActon, MaineActon is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,145 at the 2000 census. It includes the villages of Acton, Miller Corner and South Acton. The town is home to the Acton Fairground, which holds the Acton Fair every late summer...
- Acton Township, MinnesotaActon Township, MinnesotaActon Township is a township in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 381 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there...
- Acton, MontanaActon, MontanaActon is an unincorporated community in northwestern Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. It lies along Montana Highway 3 northwest of the city of Billings, the county seat of Yellowstone County...
- Acton Township, North DakotaActon Township, North DakotaActon Township is a township in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States....
- Acton, Tennessee
- Acton, TexasActon, TexasActon is a small unincorporated community located about seven miles due east of Granbury on the Brazos River in Hood County, Texas, United States. It is the home of Acton State Historic Site, which is the burial site of Elizabeth Crockett, second wife of Davy Crockett. The site consists of ,...
- The Acton School of BusinessActon School of BusinessThe Acton School of Business is a private, one-year MBA in Entrepreneurship program in Austin, Texas, taught by successful, practicing entrepreneurs. Offering only a full-time program, the school is based on experiential learning. Students analyze over 300 business case studies and participate in...
in Austin, Texas - Acton State Historic SiteActon State Historic SiteActon State Historic Site, located approximately east of Granbury in Hood County, Texas , is the grave site of Elizabeth Patton Crockett,second wife of Davy Crockett, who married him in Tennessee in 1815. She died January 31, 1860. The site also contains the graves of her son Robert and Robert's...
, Texas
People
- John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron ActonJohn Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron ActonJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO, DL , known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Bt from 1837 to 1869 and usually referred to simply as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer...
: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian- Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron ActonRichard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron ActonRichard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton and Baron Acton of Bridgnorth was a British Labour politician....
, his great-grandson, Labour peer and life peer - Sir John Acton, 6th BaronetSir John Acton, 6th BaronetSir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet was commander of the naval forces of Grand Duchy of Tuscany and prime minister of Naples under Ferdinand IV....
, his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples - Charles Januarius Edward Acton, his uncle, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Pace
- Guglielmo ActonGuglielmo ActonGuglielmo Acton was an Italian naval officer, admiral and politician in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies then the unified Kingdom of Italy. Serving in the Real Marina and Regia Marina, he was descended from a noble family which had originated in England before moving to Tuscany then the Kingdom of...
, his first cousin once removed, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala - Harold ActonHarold ActonSir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE was a British writer, scholar and dilettante perhaps most famous for being wrongly believed to have inspired the character of "Anthony Blanche" in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited...
, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dilettante
- Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton
- Brigitte ActonBrigitte ActonBrigitte Acton is a Canadian alpine skier. Acton competed at the 2006 Winter Games, where she finished 11th in the giant slalom, 17th in the slalom, and 10th in the combined...
, Canadian alpine skiier - Charles Acton (critic)Charles Acton (critic)Charles Acton was the music critic at The Irish Times for thirty one years until his retirement in 1987. He was one of only two critics based outside Great Britain to be a member of The Critics' Circle.-Early life:...
(1914-1999), music critic - Edward Acton (Royal Navy officer) (died 1707), British naval captain
- Keith ActonKeith ActonKeith Edward Acton is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and New York Islanders between 1980 and 1994...
, Canadian former National Hockey League player - Thomas ActonThomas ActonThomas Acton , real name Thomas Dupuy, was an English Jesuit. He joined the society on November 25, 1684. In 1701, he resided at the college of Liege, as prefect of the spirit. In 1704, he was a missionary in the college of Thomas Becket; and died at Saint-Omer in 1721.-References:...
(1662-1721), English Jesuit - Acton, minor character in The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
- Acton Bell, a pseudonym of Anne BrontëAnne BrontëAnne Brontë was a British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.The daughter of a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England, Anne Brontë lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors. For a couple of years she went to a...
Other
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty
- An installation by James TurrellJames TurrellJames Turrell is an American artist primarily concerned with light and space. Turrell was a MacArthur Fellow in 1984. He is represented by The Pace Gallery in New York...
at the Indianapolis Museum of Art