Acton-Trussell (St. James), a parochial chapelry, in the union of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, S division of the county of Stafford, 3 ½ miles (N.N.E.) from Penkridge; containing, with Bednall, 574 inhabitants. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal passes through the chapelry, which comprises 2551 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of Bednall united; net income, £234; patron and incumbent, Rev. G. F. Molineaux; appropriator, Prebendary of Whittington and Baswick in the Cathedral of Lichfield. There are churches at Acton and Bednall, both ancient edifices, the former in the early English style, and the latter of varied architecture.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
