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Eccles ( / ˈɛkəlz /) is a market town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, [1] 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Salford and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. The town is famous for the Eccles cake .
Jan 15, 2024 · Guide to Eccles, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Historical Description. Eccles, an ancient parish and a municipal borough, incorporated in 1892, in Lancashire. The parish lies on the Manchester Ship Canal, and on the Manchester and Liverpool railway, 4 miles W of Manchester, and has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Manchester.
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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eccles like this: ECCLES , a village and a parish in Lancashire. The village stands on the river Irwell, and on the Manchester and Liverpool railway, 4 miles W of Manchester; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under.
Eccles. Eccles is a market town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, 3 miles west of Salford and 4 miles west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. Overview. Map. Directions.
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870. ECCLES, a village and a parish in Lancashire. The village stands on the river Irwell, and on the Manchester and Liverpool railway, 4 miles W of Manchester; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under. Manchester.
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Eccles is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, two miles west of the major city of Salford, 143 miles north of Cardiff, and 165 miles north-west of London. Eccles lies six miles north-east of the Cheshire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire.
