| Iron Acton | |
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 Looking west down High Street from the tower of St. James the Less parish church | |
  Iron Acton Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 1,346 (2011census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST680835 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode district | BS37 |
| Dialling code | 01454 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | IronActon.info |
Iron Acton is a village, civil parish and former manor in South Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) west of Yate and about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the centre of Bristol. The B4058 road used to pass through the village but now by-passes it just to the north.
The "iron" part of the toponym originates from the iron that used to be mined near the village. "Acton" is derived from the Old English for "farm (or village)[2] with oak trees". Still today there is an oak wood in the village beside the River Frome.
The civil parish also includes the smaller villages of Latteridge and Engine Common.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Blair, 1977, pages 258–259