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Eccles
Eccles in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Eccles is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Eccles (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais. Brythonic/Welsh: Eglwys) is a village and agricultural parish near Kelso in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The village is conjoined with Birgham and Leitholm.
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Background
History
It is said that there was a Christian enclave at Eccles in the 6th century or possibly before. Watson gives the derivation as most likely from the Welsh (or Cumbric) eglwys meaning church and places with this name element are thought to indicate ancient Christian sites. Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar (or his wife) founded St. Mary's Cistercian convent at Eccles in 1156. Regent Albany stayed at Eccles Priory in November 1522 during an unsuccessful siege of Wark Castle. It was burnt by the Earl of Hertford's forces in 1545, then laicised to the Home family. Only two barrel-vaulted cells of the east range at the west end of the churchyard survive as well as architectural fragments built into later…
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- Coordinates
- 55.6660, -2.3750
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- TD5 7PT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5332193 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Eccles, Scottish Borders (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Eccles?
- Eccles is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.6660°, -2.3750°.