Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Acton Burnell. You may be able to find further references to Acton Burnell in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Acton Burnell parish, township, and seat Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Acton Burnell.

Place Type of entry Source
Acton-Pigott chapel Bartholomew
ACTON-PIGOTT a chapelry Imperial
LANGLEY a township Imperial
Langley and Buckley township Bartholomew
RUCKLEY a township Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Acton Burnell within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Camden Shropshire and Cheshire 2
Thomas Pennant Part II: Daventry to Northampton 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Langley 0 3
Ruckley 1 2
Pitchford 1 2
Frodesley 0 2
Church Preen 0 3
Kenley 0 2
Cound 0 2
Longnor 0 2
Hughley 0 2
Cressage 0 2
Cardington 0 2
Harley 0 2
Berrington 0 2
Dorrington 0 2
Leebotwood 0 2
Easthope 0 2
Condover 1 3
Stapleton 0 2
Bourton 0 4
Eaton Constantine 0 2