Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Eccleston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Eccleston, township, Prefect par., N. Lancashire, partly in town of Prescot but mostly in the mun. bor. of St Helens, 3569 ac., pop. 18,020; burghal part, pop. 15,202.