Great Eccleston
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ECCLESTON (Great), a township in St. Michael-on-Wyre parish, Lancashire; on the river Wyre, 5½ miles SW of Garstang. It has a post office under Garstang. Acres, 1,412. Real property, £3,637. Pop., 641. Houses, 141. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics. See Copp.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Garstang library.Cemeteries
- St Mary, Hall Lane, Roman Catholic
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Great Eccleston.Church History
Church Records
- High St, Baptist
- Hall Lane, Free Methodist
- St Mary, Hall Lane, Roman Catholic
- Chapel St, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Great Eccleston area is Lancaster.Gazetteers
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Some notes on the history of Great Eccleston.Historical Geography
In 1835 Great Eccleston was a township in the parish of St. Michaels.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.