Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Eccles within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Eccles, par. and hamlet, on S. border of Berwickshire, 5½ miles SE. of Greenlaw, 12,418 ac., pop. 1546; P.O.; the hamlet represents an ancient town, the seat of a nunnery, founded 1155, and burned by Hertford l545.