Acton, a village and a township in Weaverham parish, Cheshire, 4 1/2 miles WNW of Northwich, lying on the North-western railway and on the Weaver river, and having a railway station called Acton Bridge, 173 miles from London, Post town, Weaverham under Northwich. Acreage, 1177; population, 534, A bridge on the Weaver here was built of stones from Vale Royal Abbey. There is a chapel for Wesleyan Methodists.
