Ackton is a hamlet in the parish of Featherstone, in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England.

[1] Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the name "Ackton" means "oak-tree farmstead".

[2] The first element of the name indicates the presence of settlers from Scandinavia in Ackton whose dialect influenced the name of the settlement.

Ackton appeared as Aitone [sic] in the Domesday Book of 1086.

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