Acton, Northumberland

Acton
Acton
	Acton Location within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NY835515
Unitary authority	Northumberland;
Ceremonial county	Northumberland;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEXHAM
Postcode district	NE47
Dialling code	01434
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Hexham;
	List of places UK England Northumberland 54°51′29″N 2°15′32″W / 54.858°N 2.259°W

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.

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