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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ackton like this:
ACTON, a township in Featherstone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles W of Pontefract. It contains Acton Hall. Acres, 934. Pop., 67. Houses, 17.
Ackton is now part of WAKEFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how WAKEFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ackton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ackton, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11082
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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