Editing Acton, London (section)

===20th century===
The town was incorporated as the [[Municipal Borough of Acton]] in 1921. This authority combined with the [[municipal boroughs]] of [[Municipal Borough of Ealing|Ealing]] and [[Municipal Borough of Southall|Southall]] to form the London Borough of Ealing, within [[Greater London]], in 1965.<ref name=growth/> An Acton Golf Club was founded in 1896, which closed in 1920 and the area was redeveloped for housing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=750|title=Golfs Missing Links|website=www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk}}</ref>

[[Municipal Borough of Acton|Acton]] formed an urban district and, later, municipal borough of [[Middlesex]] from 1894 to 1965. Its former area was used to form part of the London Borough of Ealing in 1965. The industries of North Acton merged with the great industrial concentrations of [[Park Royal]] and [[Harlesden]]. During the 20th century Acton was a major industrial centre employing tens of thousands of people, particularly in the motor vehicles and components industries. These included car manufacturer [[Renault]], that built the [[Renault 4CV|4CV]] and [[Renault Dauphine|Dauphine]], at a factory in North Acton from 1926 until 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://londonist.com/2015/11/london-made-motors|title=London's Lost Manufacturing - We Were Once The British Detroit|date=17 November 2015|publisher=Londonist|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> Renault has remained on the site continuously since the 1920s and still has its main London showroom on the Park Royal site.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} [[Alfred Mond]] built a [[nickel carbonyl]] refinery here that was able to produce [[platinum]] as a by-product of the matte from [[Inco]]'s [[Sudbury Basin]] operations.<ref name=thompson60/>

Further south [[Acton Vale, London|Acton Vale]] had manufacturers including [[Napier & Son]] (engines), H. Bronnley & Co (Soaps), Evershed & Vignoles (electrical equipment), [[Lucas Industries#CAV|Lucas CAV]] (automotive electrical), [[Tony Vandervell|Vandervell Products]] (bearings), and [[Wilkinson Sword]] (swords and razors).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}