Eccleston may refer to:
Places in England
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Eccleston, Cheshire
Eccleston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Eaton and Eccleston, in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is approximately to the south of the city of Ches ...
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Eccleston, Lancashire
Eccleston is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is beside the River Yarrow, and was formerly an agricultural and later a weaving settlement.
History
Its name came from the Celtic word ''"eglēs" ...
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Eccleston Quarry
Eccleston Quarry is a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. It is also called Eccleston Delph and Eccy Delph (pronounced "ekky"). It is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving. Visibility is generally very poor and ...
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Eccleston, St Helens
Eccleston is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, it had a population of 10,433.
Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county ...
, Merseyside (historically in Lancashire)
People
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Amanda Eccleston
Amanda Eccleston (; born 18 June 1990) is an American former middle-distance runner and 2013 NCAA Division I champion in the distance medley relay.
Biography
Eccleston (then Putt) graduated from Tecumseh High School (Michigan), Tecumseh High Sch ...
(born 1990), American middle-distance runner
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Charles H. Eccleston (active from 2001), American environmentalist
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Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston (; born 16 February 1964) is an English actor whose work has encompassed Hollywood blockbusters and arthouse films, television dramas, Shakespearean stage performances and science fiction, most notably the Ninth Doctor, ni ...
(born 1964), English actor
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Inez Maria Eccleston
Inez Maria Haring (née Inez Maria Eccleston) (October 12, 1875 - June 5, 1968) was an American botanist and plant collector, best known for her work in bryology as the Assistant Honorary Curator of Mosses at the New York Botanical Garden beginnin ...
, birthname of Inez M. Haring (1875–1968), US botanist
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John Eccleston
John Eccleston is an English puppeteer, writer and presenter known for his work as lead puppeteer of Rygel on ''Farscape'', Groove on ''The Hoobs'', and his many roles on British children's television alongside Don Austen. He was also behind ...
, British puppeteer
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Joseph Eccleston
Joseph Eggleston (November 24, 1754February 13, 1811) was an American farmer, soldier, and politician from Amelia County, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. Congress from 1798 until 1801.
He was the uncle of William S. Archer.
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(1754–1811), American planter, soldier, and politician
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Nathan Eccleston
Nathan Geoffrey Eccleston (born 30 December 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a striker.
He started his career as a youth player at Bury, before moving to Liverpool's youth system. Having progressed through the club's youth and ...
(born 1990), English footballer
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Samuel Eccleston
Samuel Eccleston (June 27, 1801 – April 22, 1851) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1834 until his death in 1851. He was a member of the Sulpicians.
A convert to Catholicism as a young man, Ecclest ...
(1801–1851), American archbishop
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Thomas of Eccleston
Thomas of Eccleston was a thirteenth-century English Franciscan chronicler. He is known for ''De Adventu Fratrum Minorum in Angliam''. It runs from 1224, when Franciscan friars first came to England, under Agnellus of Pisa, to about 1258. He styl ...
, thirteenth century English Franciscan chronicler
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Tom Eccleston
Thomas E. Eccleston Jr. (1910 – December 20, 2000) was an American ice hockey, football and baseball coach. Eccleston spent most of his career at Burrillville High School in some capacity but was also the head coach for Providence for eight se ...
(1910–2000), American ice hockey coach
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Tommy Eccleston
Thomas Francis Eccleston (25 September 1875 – 1946) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Preston North End
Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional ass ...
(1875–1946), English footballer
See also
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Great Eccleston
Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. The village lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately upstream from Fleetwood. At the 2001 census ...
, Lancashire
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Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck
Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck is a civil parish on the southern bank of the River Wyre on the Fylde in the English county of Lancashire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 400. The river is crossed by Cartford Bridge at which, unusu ...
, Lancashire
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Ecclestone (surname)
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Eggleston
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