Ackton
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 Ackton
Ackton shown within West Yorkshire |
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| Civil parish | Featherstone |
|---|---|
| District | Wakefield |
| Shire county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PONTEFRACT |
| Postcode district | WF7 |
| Dialling code | 01977 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Hemsworth |
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Ackton is a hamlet near Pontefract in the English county of West Yorkshire.
The name "Ackton" means "oak-tree farmstead". It is formed from the Old Scandinavian word eik ("oak-tree") and the Old English word tūn ("farmstead, village, enclosure"). The first element of the name indicates the presence of settlers from Scandinavia in Ackton whose dialect influenced the name of the settlement. Ackton appeared as Aitone [sic] in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village is mentioned again, this time more correctly, circa 1166 as Aicton.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Ackton in the Domesday Book
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