Eccles, Greater Manchester
Eccles is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, 3 miles west of Salford and 4 miles west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. The town is famous for the Eccles cake. Eccles grew around the 13th-century Parish Church of St Mary.
People died in Eccles (First 10 people) - Page 0
Willie Thomas
Welsh rugby union player
William Huskisson
Former Leader of the House of Commons of United Kingdom
Margaret Gatty
English author
Alexander John Scott
Theologian
John Lonsdale
Samuel Butler
English author
Thomas William Bramston
Alfred Ernest Ind
Soldier
Pope Benedict XVI
Former head of the Catholic Church
