Acton, Northumberland

Acton
Acton
	Acton Location within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NY835515
Unitary authority	Northumberland;
Ceremonial county	Northumberland;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEXHAM
Postcode district	NE47
Dialling code	01434
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Hexham;

Acton is a small hamlet in Northumberland, north-east England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of Allendale Town. Acton is usually Anglo-Saxon Old English for "farmstead at the oak tree(s)";^[1] here, though, it is "Acca's farmstead". Acca is an Anglo-Saxon settler's forename.

Acton is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.^[2]

References

^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2. OCLC 1228215388.
^ "Election Maps - Acton". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025. Use the tab on the left titled Boundary. Click on the Westminster Constituencies option, and then click the map around Allendale to show the Hexham constituency boundary

[1] Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2. OCLC 1228215388.

[2] "Election Maps - Acton". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025. Use the tab on the left titled Boundary. Click on the Westminster Constituencies option, and then click the map around Allendale to show the Hexham constituency boundary

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