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Acton, a township, in the parish and union of Wrexham, hundred of Bromfield, county of Denbigh, North Wales, 1 ½ mile (N.) from Wrexham; containing 215 inhabitants. Acton Park was formerly the property and residence of the family of Jeffreys, from which sprang the notorious judge of that name, in the reign of James II. It is at present the seat of Sir Foster Cunliffe, Bart., whose father, the late Sir Foster Cunliffe, purchased it in 1785, from the trustees of Ellis Yonge, Esq., and modernized and enlarged the mansion, and tastefully embellished the grounds. The site is a little elevated, and embraces a pleasing view of the town of Wrexham and the adjacent country. That ancient boundary line, Wat’s Dyke, passed through this township, which supports its own poor, according to an arrangement entered into in March, 1830. The annual value of the township has been returned at £170; and the impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £142. 14. 9 ½., and the vicarial, for £1. 10.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis Third Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.