placenamesActon
An Chora Uachtarach
Acton is a population centre in Armagh. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationActon54.30666° N · 6.37133° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Chora Uachtarach · Irish · main form
- Acton · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Orior Lower
- Civil parish
- Ballymore
- Within
- Acton
- Coordinates
- 54.30666, -6.37133 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1165883 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Acton. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.