Acton Trussell in 1859

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 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.

BEDNALL, with ACTON-TRUSSELL, a chapelry and township, in the parish of BASWICH, union of PENKRIDGE, E. division of the hundred of  CUTTLESTONE, S. division of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (S.S.E.) from Stafford ; containing 574 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1018 acres, of which 898 are cultivated and chiefly arable, and 120 are plantations. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Acton-Trussell : the chapel is a small old building, dedicated to All Saints. 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]