Acton was an ancient parish in the Nantwich Hundred of Cheshire, England.A Vision of Britain through Time: Acton CP/AP (accessed 28 February 2008)
At one time it included the townships of Acton, Aston juxta Mondrum, Austerson, Baddington, Brindley, Burland, Cholmondeston, Edleston, Faddiley, Henhull, Hurleston, Poole, Stoke, Worleston, most of Coole Pilate, parts of Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Newhall and Sound, and possibly all or part of Baddiley.Dunn FI. The Ancient Parishes, Townships and Chapelries of Cheshire (Cheshire Record Office and Cheshire Diocesan Record Office; 1987) ()Latham FA, ed. Acton, p. 9, (The Local History Group; 1995) () It also contained the chapelries of Church Minshull, Nantwich and Wrenbury.Dunn, p. 23'Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Combermere', pp. 150–156. In: A History of the County of Chester (Vol. 3) (1980) (accessed 25 February 2008). By around 1870, the townships and chapelries of Baddiley, Church Minshull, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Nantwich, Newhall, Sound and Wrenbury had been lost from Acton; the total area of the ancient parish was then 15,542 acres (6,290 hectares), with a population of 3,125.Wilson JM. Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72). Quoted in: A Vision of Britain Through Time: Acton, Cheshire (accessed 22 February 2008)
Acton church served as the main parish church for a wide area to the west of Nantwich. Subsidiary churches were chapels of ease; St Mary's Church, Nantwich, for example, despite its size, remained a chapel of ease to Acton until the 17th century.Pevsner N, Hubbard E. The Buildings of England: Cheshire, p. 285 (Penguin Books; 1971) ()
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