Acton
Acton is the name of several places, people and organizations:
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Acton, Cheshire*
Acton, Dorset*
Acton, Staffordshire*
Acton, Shropshire*
Acton, Worcestershire*
Acton, Suffolk*
Acton, London*
Acton, NorthumberlandOf these, the London Acton is the largest. It is noteworthy for having no fewer than seven railway stations distinguished as North, South, East, West, Central, Mainline and Town. Four of these are on the
London Underground and three on the regional rail network.
In addition, there are several places in England with a compound name beginning with Acton:
Acton Beauchamp,
Acton Bridge,
Acton Burnell,
Acton Green (twice),
Acton Pigott,
Acton Place,
Acton Reynald,
Acton Round,
Acton Scott,
Acton Trussell, and
Acton Turville.
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Acton, County Armagh*
Acton, Wrexham*
Acton, Alabama*
Acton, California*
Acton, Indiana*
Acton, Kentucky*
Acton, Massachusetts*
Acton, Maine*
Acton Township, Minnesota*
Acton, Montana*
Acton, North Carolina*
Acton Township, North Dakota*
Acton, New Jersey*
Acton, Tennessee*
Acton, TexasActon, California is probably named after Acton, Massachusetts by a miner from there.
Acton, Massachusetts is probably named after Acton, Suffolk (both are near towns named Sudbury).
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Acton, Ontario*
Actons Corners, Ontario*
Acton Island, Ontario in the District of Muskoka
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Acton, New Brunswick*
Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec (MRC d'Acton) - This contains the town of
Acton Vale,
Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton,
Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, and other municipalities.
Saint-André-d'Acton used to be one of these municipalities until a reorganization in 2000 removed it.[
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Acton, Saskatchewan*
Acton, suburb of
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory*
Acton, suburb of
Hobart,
TasmaniaThe people of this name include:
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian.
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Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, his great-grandson,
Labour peer and
life peer.
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Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, his grandfather, admiral and
Prime Minister of the
Kingdom of Naples.
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Charles Januarius Edward Acton, his uncle,
Cardinal of
Santa Maria della Pace.
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Joseph Edward Acton (1737-1808), his great-uncle, brother of the Prime Minister
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Ferdinand Acton, his second cousin, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept
Garibaldi at
Marsala.
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Harold Acton, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dillettante.
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Edward Acton (d. 1707), British naval captain
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Thomas Acton (1662-1721), English Jesuit
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Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, a right-wing think tank.
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Acton School of Business, One of the top business schools in USA.
