Acton 57204 219710024 2008-06-16T14:58:05Z Tassedethe 7098284 add categories {{TOCright}} '''Acton''' may refer to: ==Places== ===England=== * [[Acton, Cheshire]] * [[Acton, Dorset]] * [[Acton, Staffordshire]] * [[Acton, Shropshire]] * [[Acton, Worcestershire]] * [[Acton, Suffolk]] * [[Acton, London]] * [[Acton, Northumberland]] Also: * [[Acton Beauchamp]], Herefordshire * [[Acton Bridge]], Cheshire * [[Acton Burnell]], Shropshire * [[Acton Green]], Herefordshire * [[Acton Pigott]], Shropshire * [[Acton Place]], Suffolk * [[Acton Reynald]], Shropshire * [[Acton Round]], Shropshire * [[Acton Scott]], Shropshire * [[Acton Trussell]], Staffordshire * [[Acton Turville]], South Gloucestershire ===Northern Ireland=== *[[Acton, County Armagh]] ===Wales=== * [[Acton, Wrexham]] ===United States=== *[[Acton, Alabama]] *[[Acton, California]] *[[Acton, Indiana]] *[[Acton, Kentucky]] *[[Acton, Massachusetts]] *[[Acton, Maine]] *[[Acton Township, Minnesota]] *[[Acton, Montana]] *[[Acton, North Carolina]] *[[Acton Township, North Dakota]] *[[Acton, New Jersey]] *[[Acton, Tennessee]] *[[Acton, Texas]] *[[Acton State Historic Site]], Texas ===Canada=== *[[Acton, Ontario]] *[[Actons Corners, Ontario]] *[[Acton Island, Ontario]] in the District of Muskoka *[[Acton, New Brunswick]] *[[Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec]] (MRC d'Acton) - This contains the town of [[Acton Vale, Quebec|Acton Vale]], [[Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton]], [[Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Théodore-d'Acton]], and other municipalities. '''Saint-André-d'Acton''' used to be one of these municipalities until a reorganization in 2000 removed it.[http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/Territoire.htm] *[[Acton, Saskatchewan]] ===Australia=== *[[Acton, Australian Capital Territory]], suburb of Canberra *[[Acton, Tasmania]], suburb of Burnie, Tasmania *[[Acton Park, Tasmania]], suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, is formerly known as '''Acton''' ==People== The people of this name include: *[[John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton]]: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian. **[[Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton]], his great-grandson, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[British Peerage|peer]] and [[life peer]]. *[[Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet]], his grandfather, admiral and [[Prime Minister]] of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. **[[Charles Januarius Edward Acton]], his uncle, [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of [[Santa Maria della Pace]]. *[[Joseph Edward Acton]] (1737-1808), his great-uncle, brother of the Prime Minister **[[Ferdinand Acton]], his second cousin, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept [[Garibaldi]] at [[Marsala]]. *[[Harold Acton]], his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dillettante. *[[Keith Acton]], former [[National Hockey League]] player. *[[Edward Acton]] (d. 1707), British naval captain *[[Thomas Acton]] (1662-1721), English Jesuit *[[Minor Men in Shannara#Acton|Acton]], a minor character in ''[[The Sword of Shannara]]'' by Terry Brooks. ==Other== *An [[Installation art|installation]] by [[James Turrell]] at the [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]]. {{disambig}} {{surname}} [[Category:Ambiguous place names]] [[da:Acton]] [[de:Acton]] [[fr:Acton]] [[gl:Acton]] [[it:Acton]] [[no:Acton]] [[pl:Acton]] [[vo:Acton]]