ACTON, a parish in the hundred of BABERGH, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Sudbury, containing 555 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £9. 6. 8., and in the patronage of Earl Howe. The church is dedicated to All Saints.