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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.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Eccles Parish Berwickshire County |
| Place: | Eccles |
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