Description
Acton-Scott, a township and a parish in Salop, 1 mile E of Marsh Brook station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint (L. & N.W. and G.W.) railway, and 3 1/2 miles SSE of Church-Stretton, which is the post town. Acreage, 1934 ; population, 189. Acton-Scott Hall, the seat of the lord of the manor, is an Elizabethan mansion, said to have been built in 1567. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £210. The church contains a beautiful oak screen and some ancient monuments. The parish also contains the township of Alcaston.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
