Acton (from the Old English meaning "place of many oak trees") is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about a half mile north of Poyntzpass. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 78 people. It is situated within the Armagh City and District Council area.
The village was originally founded by Sir Toby Poyntz, son of Lieut Charles Poyntz,[Poyntzpass and District Local History Society Web Site]. who, for his military services, obtained a grant of 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land, part of the forfeited estates of the O'Hanlons, and erected a bawn 100 feet (30 m) square, a house of brick and lime for his own residence, and 24 cottages for so many English settlers, and called the place Acton, after his own native village in England. It consists of one main street, and in 1837 contained about 50 houses "indifferently built".
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