- Iron Acton
Iron Acton is a small village near
Yate ,South Gloucestershire ,England , bypassed by the Yate toFrampton Cotterell road.The 'iron' part of the name originates from the mining of
iron that used to take place near the village, whilst 'acton' means "town with manyoak trees"; and still today there is an oak wood within the village alongside the River Frome.Nearby is
Acton Court on Latteridge Lane, a restored Tudor house. In the 16th century,Nicholas Poyntz added the East Wing onto the existing moated manor house. The addition was lavishly decorated to impressHenry VIII . The king and his second wife,Anne Boleyn , visited the house in 1535, during a tour of theWest Country .Railway Station
The remains of
Iron Acton railway station are located in the south west of Iron Acton. The station opened in 1872, with the start of services on the Midland Railway branch fromYate toThornbury . It closed in 1944. The station was demolished in the 1960s.The station served Iron Acton village and consisted of a single platform and a large wooden station building. A freight-only branch serving an iron mine in Frampton Cotterell connected at the station. This closed in 1872 and a truncated section of this route served as a coal depot until closure on 10 June 1963.
The remains of the platform survive, as does a crossing-keeper's cottage to the south of the station site.
External links
* [http://www.ironactonparish.info/ Iron Acton Parish Community Website]
* [http://www.actoncourt.com/ Acton Court]
* [http://www.ironactonprimary.org.uk/ Iron Acton Primary School]
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