Ackton

Ackton
Ackton
 Ackton shown within West Yorkshire
Civil parishFeatherstone
DistrictWakefield
Shire countyWest Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PONTEFRACT
Postcode district WF7
Dialling code 01977
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentHemsworth
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Coordinates: 53°41′31″N 1°22′34″W / 53.692058°N 1.376018°W


Ackton is a hamlet near Pontefract in the English county of West Yorkshire.

The name "Ackton" means "oak-tree farmstead". It is formed from the Old Scandinavian word eik ("oak-tree") and the Old English word tūn ("farmstead, village, enclosure"). The first element of the name indicates the presence of settlers from Scandinavia in Ackton whose dialect influenced the name of the settlement. Ackton appeared as Aitone [sic] in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village is mentioned again, this time more correctly, circa 1166 as Aicton.

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