The eccleston Surname
eccleston Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of several places so named in
Cheshire and Lancashire, which get their names from an ancient British
word meaning ‘church’ (see Eccles) + Old English tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Eccleston in Jamaica | Claudine Eccleston | 19 |
| Eccleston(e) - Ellenhall, Staffordshire |
 tybaltstone
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| Daniel Eccleston 1804 Staffordshire | david eccleston | 7 |
| Joseph S. Eccleston | Dana Strong | 3 |
| I may be able to help with the Ecclestons of St. Helens | Gary Eccleston | 6 |
| NJ Ecclestons | Pat Eccleston | 4 |
| NJ Ecclestons from Ireland |
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| Ecclestons of Birmingham England |
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| Paternal lineage of Daniel Eccleston born 1804, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire |
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