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Definition of Actons
1. acton [n] - See also: acton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Actons
Literary usage of Actons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1891)
"Reginald In Scott's grandson was called " John de Acton Scott : " his descendants
for the next two generations were called " actons de ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club by Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club (1865)
"On the extinction of the direct line of the actons, the manor afterwards ...
Sir John Poyntz, who was heir of the last of the actons, lived till the 50th ..."
3. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and by John Burke (1838)
"The actons, whose antiquity of descent is equalled by few existing families, are
of Saxon origin, and were in Worcestershire, according to Mr. Abingdon, ..."
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