Acton
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Acton may refer to:
[edit] Places
[edit] England
- Acton, Cheshire
- Acton, Dorset
- Acton, Staffordshire
- Acton, Shropshire
- Acton, Worcestershire
- Acton, Suffolk
- Acton, London
- Acton, Northumberland
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
[edit] Northern Ireland
[edit] Wales
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.[1]
- Acton, Saskatchewan
[edit] Australia
- Acton, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra
- Acton, Tasmania, suburb of Hobart, Tasmania
[edit] 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
- Harold Acton, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dillettante.
- Edward Acton (d. 1707), British naval captain
- Thomas Acton (1662-1721), English Jesuit
[edit] Organizations
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, a right-wing think tank.
- Acton School of Business, One of the top business schools in USA.
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