Acton Beauchamp was originally in Worcestershire, but became part of Herefordshire in 1897.Like most other Herefordshire villages it was, and still is mostly a farming community, with many of the cottages being from the 17th and 18th centuries although there is some more modern build there too.
Acton Beauchamp gained its name from the Beauchamp family who owned the manor, and is situated on a hill
The Roaring Water
At one time there was a very old farm house adjacent to a rather spasmodic spring, The Roaring Water, and near to this grew a holy thorn which was reputed to be a scion of the one at Glastonbury and which came into flower on Christmas Eve. So many people traipsed over the farmer’s land in order to see this, that he lost patience and destroyed the thorn – after which act he had a rather nasty accident and broke both his arm and his leg. Shortly afterwards, his farm burnt to the ground! If any genealogist reading this knows that this farmer was their ancestor, then I would love to hear from you.