Acton - Cheshire
Acton - Cheshire is a Village in the county of Cheshire.
There are great places to visit near Acton - Cheshire including some great towns, villages, historic buildings, country parks, nature reserves, sssis, museums, parks, cities, castles, roman sites, ruins, lakes, woodlands, hills, hiking areas, old mines, ancient sites and canals.
The area around Acton - Cheshire features a number of interesting towns including Ellesmere Port, Warrington, Widnes, Knutsford, Blacon, Saltney, and Macclesfield.
Styal, Daresbury, Thelwall, Saughall, Lache, Marton, and Prestbury are some of Acton - Cheshire best villages to visit near Acton - Cheshire.
Quarry Bank, Warrington Parish Church Of St Elphin, The Ruskin Rooms, Tatton Park, Chester Racecourse, Chester City Walls, and Bonewaldesthorne Tower are great places to visit near Acton - Cheshire if you like historic buildings.
The area around Acton - Cheshire boasts some of the best country parks including Quarry Bank, Tatton Park, and Teggs Nose Country Park.
Woolston Eyes, and Tatton Park are some of Acton - Cheshire best nature reserves to visit near Acton - Cheshire.
The area close to Acton - Cheshire boasts some of the best sssis including Woolston Eyes.
The area around Acton - Cheshire's best museums can be found at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery.
There are a several good parks in the Acton - Cheshire area like Victoria Park - Widnes, Tatton Park, Water Tower Gardens, Westminster Park, and Timbersbrook Picnic Area.
Chester is one of Acton - Cheshire's best, nearby cities to visit in Acton - Cheshire.
There are a number of castles near to Acton - Cheshire including Chester Castle.
Don't miss Chester Roman Amphitheatre and Roman Walls's roman sites if visiting the area around Acton - Cheshire.
Chester Roman Amphitheatre and Roman Walls is one of Acton - Cheshire's best, nearby ruins to visit in Acton - Cheshire.
The area around Acton - Cheshire boasts some of the best lakes including Trentabank Reservoir, and Redes Mere.
There are a number of woodlands near Acton - Cheshire including Trentabank Reservoir, and Macclesfield Forest.
Hills to visit near Acton - Cheshire include Shutlingsloe, and Teggs Nose Country Park.
There are a several good hiking areas in the Acton - Cheshire area like Teggs Nose Country Park, and Alderley Edge National Trust.
Places near Acton - Cheshire feature a number of interesting old mines including Engine Vein.
There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Acton - Cheshire like Goldenstone.
There are a several good canals in the area around Acton - Cheshire like Anderton Boat Lift.
Acton - Cheshire History
There are some historic monuments around Acton - Cheshire:
Places to see near Acton - Cheshire
History of Acton - Cheshire
Medieval settlement was mainly around the two hamlets. At Church Acton most of the farmhouses lay along the Oxford road or Horn Lane, with only a few outlying farms. Friars Place Farm at the north end of Horn Lane and the moated site to the west, occupied until the 15th century, were early farms. East of Friars Place farm were commons: Worton or Watton Green and Rush green in the 16th and 17th centuries, and Friars Place in the 18th century, where there was some settlement by 1664. To the north-west were Acton or Old Oak wells, known by 1613. In the parish’s extreme south, a few farmhouses on the northern side of Acton common or Acton Green were mentioned as in Turnham Green until the 19th century and were linked more closely with that village than with Acton. Gregories, mentioned in 1551 as a copyhold tenement with 30 a. near Bollo Lane and the Brentford high road, probably lay in Acton. Londoners were increasingly involved in land sales from the early 14th century but apparently did not live in Acton until the late 15th. The manor, part of Fulham, had no resident (demesne) lord, and apart from a brief period before c. 1735, when a branch of the landed Somerset (Duke of Beaufort’s) family lived in Acton, there were no large resident landowners. Many of the tenements without land, including most of the inns, frequently changed hands. By the 17th century Acton’s proximity to London had made it a summer retreat for courtiers and lawyers. Sir Richard Sutton bought the seat at East Acton known later as Manor House in 1610 and Sir Henry Garraway probably rebuilt Acton House in 1638. Sir John Trevor MP bought several Acton properties in the mid 17th century, including Berrymead/Berrymede, improving it with a lake and stream, home of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax and his second son after him, and afterwards of the Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, with a much-praised landscape.
