Acton, Dorset
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Acton shown within Dorset
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OS grid reference | SY988784 |
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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 |
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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. 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.
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Acton in the Domesday Book
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