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Acton. Celt. Ac, habitatio; ton, elevatio. A. Sax. Ac, quercus; tun, pagus; thus, Acton Scot, Round Acton.

Source: Salopia Antiqua or An Enquiry from Personal Survey into the Druidical, Military and other Early Remains in Shropshire and the North Welsh Borders: with observations upon the names of places, and a glossary of words used in the county of Salop. By the Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne, M.A., F.S.A. Printed at the University Press, Cambridge. London: John W. Parker, West Strand. 1841.