Acton is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about a half mile north of Poyntzpass. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 78 people. It is situated within the Armagh City and District Council area. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Armagh (Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county in Ulster, Ireland. ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Office suspended... Poyntzpass is a small village situated between Portadown and Newry. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ... The Armagh City and District Council is a local council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. ...

History

Lieutenant Charles Poyntz was granted 200 arces of land around the Poyntzpass area in 1608. He was originally a native of Acton, in Gloucestershire, England. He built a house on the land near Poyntzpass and brought families from England to live there and help him secure the land. The village built from the settlement is called Acton, which is one mile outside Poyntzpass. Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq...

The village was originally founded by Sir Toby Poyntz, who, for his military services, obtained a grant of 500 acres of land, part of the forfeited estates of the O'Hanlons, and erected a bawn 100 feet square, a house of brick and lime for his own residence, and 24 cottages for so many English settlers, and called the place Acton, after his own native village in England. It consists of one main street, and in 1837 contained about 50 houses "indifferently built". The Bawm are a tribal group living in the Bandarban district and a small fraction in the Rangamati district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. ...

References

• NI Neighbourhood Information System
• Acton Cemetery
• Poyntzpass History
• Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland