Summary
Ackton is a hamlet in the parish of Featherstone, in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It is near Pontefract. In 1931 the parish had a population of 961.[1]
History edit
Historically part of the West Riding of 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").[2] 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.[3] The village is mentioned again, this time more correctly, c. 1166 as Aicton.
Ackton was a township in the parish of Featherstone,[4] from 1866 Ackton was a civil parish but on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Snydale to form "Ackton and Snydale".[5]
References edit
- ^ "Population statistics Ackton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Ackton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "History of Ackton, in Wakefield and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Ackton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
External links edit
Media related to Ackton at Wikimedia Commons- Ackton in the Domesday Book
