Eccles may refer to:
Places
England
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Eccles, Greater Manchester, a town in North West England
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Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)
Eccles was a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by ...
, an electoral division represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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Eccles (ward), an electoral ward
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Eccles, Kent
Eccles is a village in the English county of Kent, part of the parish of Aylesford and in the valley of the River Medway.
Archaeology
It is near to the site of a Roman villa estate and pottery kiln, excavated between 1962 and 1976. The site was o ...
, England
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Eccles on Sea
Eccles-on-Sea (also called Eccles-by-the-Sea) is an ancient fishing village in north-east Norfolk, now virtually all swept into the North Sea. The population is included in the civil parish of Lessingham.
History
The placename Eccles comes fr ...
, Norfolk, England
Scotland
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Eccles, Scottish Borders
Eccles ( gd, 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.
Etymology
Like other 'Eccl ...
France
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Eccles, Nord, a commune in Nord department, France
United States
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Eccles, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in West Virginia
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Eccles Avenue Historic District, Ogden, Utah
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Eccles Broadcast Center
The Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center (often shortened to Eccles Broadcast Center) is headquarters of three broadcast stations and a statewide educational consortium. The center houses KUED, KUER, KUEN and the Utah Education Network. The fa ...
, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Eccles Building
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building houses the main offices of the Board of Governors of the United States' Federal Reserve System. It is located at the intersection of 20th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. T ...
, Washington, D.C.
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Eccles Coliseum
Eccles Coliseum is an 8,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in the western United States, on the campus of Southern Utah University the home venue of the Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team of the United Athletic Conference and track and field ...
, in Cedar City, Utah, home of the Southern Utah University football team
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Rice-Eccles Stadium, in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the University of Utah football team
Transport
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Eccles railway station
Eccles railway station serves the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M).
Location
The station is next to the M602 motorway and is 300 metres north of Ecc ...
in Eccles Greater Manchester.
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Eccles Interchange
Eccles Interchange is a transport hub in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of a bus station, and a single-platform Metrolink light rail station, the latter of which is the terminus of the system's Eccles Line. It opened on 21 ...
tram/bus interchange in Eccles Greater Manchester.
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Eccles Line a tram line in Greater Manchester.
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Eccles Road railway station
Eccles Road railway station is on the Breckland line in the east of England, serving the villages of Eccles, Quidenham and Wilby in Norfolk. The line runs between in the west and in the east.
Eccles Road is situated between and , from Lo ...
in Norfolk, England
Other uses
* Eccles. or Eccl. stands for
Ecclesiastes, one of 24 books of the Hebrew Bible. Distinct from Ecclus., which stands for the Jewish work of ethical teachings,
Ecclesiasticus
The Book of Sirach () or Ecclesiasticus (; abbreviated Ecclus.) is a Jewish work, originally in Hebrew, of ethical teachings, from approximately 200 to 175 BC, written by the Judahite scribe Ben Sira of Jerusalem, on the inspiration of his fa ...
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Eccles (character), a character in ''The Goon Show''
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Eccles (surname)
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Eccles College
Eccles Sixth Form College is a further education college in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened in 1972.
The site provides a range of Vocational courses, across a variety of specialisms. Students are also able to retake their G ...
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Eccles cake
An Eccles cake is a small, round pie, similar to a turnover, filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with demerara sugar. The word cake has generally since narrowed in meaning to sweet, leavened baked good ...
, a currant-filled cake
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Eccles Mine Disaster where an estimated 180 men died
* Eccles, abbreviation for
Ecclesiastes, an Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) book
See also
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Ackles
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Ekels
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Eckels
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