OS grid reference NY835515 Region North East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Thursday 1:42 AM Ceremonial county Northumberland UK parliament constituency Hexham | Unitary authority Country England Postcode district NE47 Dialling code 01434 Post town Hexham | |
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Acton is a small hamlet in Northumberland, north-east England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of Allendale Town. Acton is usually Anglo-Saxon Old English for "farmstead at the oak tree(s)"; here, though, it is "Acca's farmstead". Acca is an Anglo-Saxon settler's forename.
Acton is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
References
Acton, Northumberland Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA