Eccles

eccles Eccles. English +, Greater Manchester Etymology en ine-pro *kelh₁- en la-vul la grc From en enm Eccles, from en ang *Eccles, borrowed from pre-en cel-bry-pro *eglēs church, whence cel-bry-pro *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal.227; 335; 557 A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. en Eccleston (+ en -ton), en Eccleshill (+ en hill).126-130 en ecclesia. Pronunciation en /ˈɛkəlz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-BigDom-Eccles.wav UK Proper noun en town city/Salford co/Greater Manchester cc/England. en village par/Aylesford dist/Tonbridge and Malling co/Kent cc/England OS grid ref TQ7260. en village north-east of town/Kelso co/Berwickshire carea/Scottish Borders cc/Scotland OS grid ref NT7641. en commune in dept/Nord r/Hauts-de-France c/France. en CDP co/Raleigh County s/West Virginia c/USA, originally named Ecclesiastes. en. en 21 September 2026 Jason Arunn Murugesu Actor Mellor's gurning beaten by Cumbria man https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crjw5p03qqpvo BBC News Television actor Will Mellor has come a surprise second in the World Gurning Championships, pipped to the main prize by local man Ged Eccles who had come close but never before won. 21 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260926131741/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crjw5p03qqpvo 26 September 2026 Derived terms en Eccles cake en Eccles Road en Mount Eccles References