Acton

Acton may refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Acton, Cheshire
• Acton, Dorset
• Acton, County Armagh
• Acton, Staffordshire
• Acton, Shropshire
• Acton, Worcestershire
• Acton, Suffolk
• Acton, London
• Acton, Northumberland
• Acton, Wrexham

Also:

• Acton Beauchamp, Herefordshire
• Acton Bridge, Cheshire
• Acton Burnell, Shropshire
• Acton Green, Herefordshire
• Acton Pigott, Shropshire
• Acton Place, Suffolk
• Acton Reynald, Shropshire
• Acton Round, Shropshire
• Acton Scott, Shropshire
• Acton Trussell, Staffordshire
• Acton Turville, South Gloucestershire

United States

• 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, Texas
• The Acton School of Business in Austin, Texas
• Acton State Historic Site, Texas

Canada

• Acton, Ontario
• Actons Corners, Ontario
• Acton Island, Ontario in the District of Muskoka
• 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.
• Acton, Saskatchewan

Australia

• Acton, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra
• Acton, Tasmania, suburb of Burnie, Tasmania
• Acton Park, Tasmania, suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, is formerly known as Acton

People

The people of this name include:

• John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian
  • Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, his great-grandson, Labour peer and life peer
  • Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples
  • Charles Januarius Edward Acton, his uncle, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Pace.
  • Joseph Edward Acton (1737-1808), his great-uncle, brother of the Prime Minister
  • Ferdinand Acton, his second cousin, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala
  • Harold Acton, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dilettante
• Brigitte Acton, Canadian alpine skiier
• Edward Acton (Royal Navy officer) (d. 1707), British naval captain
• Keith Acton, Canadian former National Hockey League player
• Thomas Acton (1662-1721), English Jesuit
• Acton, a minor character in The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Other

• Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty
• An installation by James Turrell at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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