Eccles

Other current and historical names

Aiglessa

Built-Up Area: Eccles
Parish/Community: Aylesford
District/Borough: Tonbridge and Malling
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°19'5"N 0°28'43"E
Eastings/Northings: 572841, 160579
OS Grid: TQ728605
Mapcode Local: GBR PQL.7X0
Mapcode Global: VHJM6.840C

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Eccles within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Eccles in the Domesday Book

A village in Larkfield hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph son of Turold (subinfeudated); King William (subinfeudated); Richard of Tonbridge (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 9/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 14 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render

British Place Names

Eccles, Kent

Eccles is a village in Kent

Eccles in the Domesday Book