In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Acton Trussell like this:
ACTON-TRUSSELL and BEDNALL, a township chapelry in Baswick parish, Stafford; on the river Trent and the Stafford canal, near Cannock Chase, and near the Northwestern railway, 3 miles N of Penkridge. It has a post office, of the name of Bednall, under Stafford. Acres, 2,547. Real property, £4,782. Pop., 617. Houses, 123. The property is divided among four proprietors. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £234. Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church is in disrepair.
Acton Trussell through time
Acton Trussell is now part of South Staffordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Staffordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Acton Trussell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Acton Trussell in South Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7850
Date accessed: 23rd May 2024
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