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ACTON-BURNELL, a township and a parish in Atcham district, Salop. The township lies 4 miles ENE of Dorrington r. station, and 8¼ SSE of Shrewsbury; and it has a post office under Shrewsbury, and is the meet of the Wheatland hounds. Pop., 283. Houses, 56. The parish contains also the townships of Ruckley and Langley. Acres, 3,141. Real property, £3,839. Pop., 361. Houses, 72. Acton Park is the seat of SirF. Smythe, Bart., the only landowner. A ruin on Acton hill, with very thick walls and curiously carved pointed windows, is part of a castle which was built in the 13th century, and belonged to the family of Burnell. The lords of Edward I.'s parliament of 1283, which passed "Statutum de mercatoribus," sat in a hall of the castle, while the commons sat in an adjacent barn. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; and includes the chapelry of Acton-Pigott. Value, £350.* Patron, Rev. R. Meyricke. The church contains a canopied brass of a Burnell, and is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Acton Burnell AP/CP Atcham RegD/PLU Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Acton Burnell |
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