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Great Eccleston
Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The village, part of the Fylde coast plain, lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream from Fleetwood. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,473, rising slightly to 1,486 at the 2011 census. It increased again in 2021 Census to 1,773.
Great Eccleston is part of Wyre district. Locally, the village is known for its annual agricultural show.
Great Eccleston was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Eglestun. In various 13th-century documents it was recorded as Ecclisto, Ecleston and Great Eccleston. In 1066 when the Normans conquered England, the township of Great Eccleston—then part of the ancient hundred of Amounderness—was in the possession of Tostig Godwinson, the brother of King Harold II. Tostig died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge and his lands were subsequently taken over by the Normans. Between 1069 and 1086 William the Conqueror gave Amounderness to Roger de Poitou, an Anglo-Norman baron. In the Domesday Book, the area of Great Eccleston was estimated at two carucates (ploughlands) of land.
The township was originally part of the ecclesiastical parish of St Michael's on Wyre and Great Eccleston's parishioners would have worshipped there at St Michael's Church. In 1723, a chapel of ease to St Michael's was built in a part of Great Eccleston civil parish called Copp. It was dedicated to St Anne.
Great Eccleston is governed locally by a parish council, which is made up of eight elected councillors. Great Eccleston, with the parishes of Inskip with Sowerby, Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre and Out Rawcliffe, forms the ward of Great Eccleston, which elects two councillors. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 3,581. Great Eccleston was formerly part of the rural district of Garstang. In 1974, the district merged with those of Fleetwood, Thornton-Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde and Preesall to form Wyre Borough Council.
The village is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of Lancaster and Wyre. It elects one MP by the first past the post system of election.
At 53°51′18″N 2°52′15.6″W / 53.85500°N 2.871000°W (53.855°, −2.871°), Great Eccleston lies 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Blackpool, approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Poulton-le-Fylde and about 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Preston. Nearby villages include Little Eccleston, Elswick, St Michael's on Wyre and Singleton.
The Fylde Coastal Plain is relatively flat and low–lying, predominantly below 30 m (100 feet) above sea–level, but there is a small knoll called Whitprick Hill roughly halfway between Weston on the B5260 and Wesham that rises to 45 m (148 feet) above sea–level.
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Great Eccleston
Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The village, part of the Fylde coast plain, lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream from Fleetwood. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,473, rising slightly to 1,486 at the 2011 census. It increased again in 2021 Census to 1,773.
Great Eccleston is part of Wyre district. Locally, the village is known for its annual agricultural show.
Great Eccleston was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Eglestun. In various 13th-century documents it was recorded as Ecclisto, Ecleston and Great Eccleston. In 1066 when the Normans conquered England, the township of Great Eccleston—then part of the ancient hundred of Amounderness—was in the possession of Tostig Godwinson, the brother of King Harold II. Tostig died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge and his lands were subsequently taken over by the Normans. Between 1069 and 1086 William the Conqueror gave Amounderness to Roger de Poitou, an Anglo-Norman baron. In the Domesday Book, the area of Great Eccleston was estimated at two carucates (ploughlands) of land.
The township was originally part of the ecclesiastical parish of St Michael's on Wyre and Great Eccleston's parishioners would have worshipped there at St Michael's Church. In 1723, a chapel of ease to St Michael's was built in a part of Great Eccleston civil parish called Copp. It was dedicated to St Anne.
Great Eccleston is governed locally by a parish council, which is made up of eight elected councillors. Great Eccleston, with the parishes of Inskip with Sowerby, Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre and Out Rawcliffe, forms the ward of Great Eccleston, which elects two councillors. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 3,581. Great Eccleston was formerly part of the rural district of Garstang. In 1974, the district merged with those of Fleetwood, Thornton-Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde and Preesall to form Wyre Borough Council.
The village is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of Lancaster and Wyre. It elects one MP by the first past the post system of election.
At 53°51′18″N 2°52′15.6″W / 53.85500°N 2.871000°W (53.855°, −2.871°), Great Eccleston lies 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Blackpool, approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Poulton-le-Fylde and about 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Preston. Nearby villages include Little Eccleston, Elswick, St Michael's on Wyre and Singleton.
The Fylde Coastal Plain is relatively flat and low–lying, predominantly below 30 m (100 feet) above sea–level, but there is a small knoll called Whitprick Hill roughly halfway between Weston on the B5260 and Wesham that rises to 45 m (148 feet) above sea–level.
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