OS grid reference SY988784 Country England Post town SWANAGE Local time Thursday 1:41 AM District Purbeck District Civil parish Langton Matravers | Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district BH19 Shire county Dorset Dialling code 01929 UK parliament constituency South Dorset | |
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Acton is a hamlet in the parish of Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. The hamlet of Acton was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.
Map of Acton, Swanage, UK
The hamlet was documented in the Domesday Book as Tacatone.
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Acton, Dorset Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA