About Acol
A small agricultural settlement has been here since time immemorial; even before the monks of the Middle Ages introduced their own particular brand of manorial farming. Acol is said to derive its name from “at holt” – a grove. It was formerly called Mill Burgh. Acol’s neo-Gothic church dates from just 1876 and is dedicated to St Mildred; the old chapel at Wood Church fell into disuse. Surviving records indicate just the one pub, although there is an obscure reference to a ‘victualler’ in Acol in 1623 named William Coleman. Unfortunately, his establishment is unnamed.
A wealth of statistical data concerning Acol is available from the 2021 Census.
A useful overview is presented on this page.
Some historical data is to be found in Wikipedia.
We welcome any memories or information about our village and its community. See, also, Memories of Acol.