English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Eccleston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Eccleston

Historical Forms

  • Eclestone 1086 DB
  • Ecclestona c.1188 Tab
  • Eccleston ultra Dee 1310 Orm2
  • Eccleston cum Belgrave 1724 NotCestr
  • Heclesenne c.1250 Pat 1353,1383 1400
  • Egleston, Egliston 1506 ChCert

Etymology

'Farm called Eccles ', from tūn added to a p.n. from PrWelsh  eglēs 'a church'. The township included part of Belgrave, v. foll.It is ultra Dee 'beyond Dee' from Chester.