Acton, Dorset

Acton
Acton and Piles of Purbeck Stone
Acton Acton shown within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY988784
Civil parish	Langton Matravers
District	Purbeck
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANAGE
Postcode district	BH19
Dialling code	01929
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	South Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset

Coordinates: 50°36′22″N 2°01′01″W / 50.6061°N 2.0169°W / 50.6061; -2.0169

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.^[1]^[2] The hamlet of Acton was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.

The hamlet was documented in the Domesday Book as Tacatone.

References

↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 195 Bournemouth & Purbeck (Wimborne Minster & Ringwood) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231418.

External links

Media related to Acton, Dorset at Wikimedia Commons
Acton in the Domesday Book

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