Eccles (Grand Manchester)

Eccles (/ˈɛkəlz/) est une ville du Comté métropolitain du Grand Manchester, en Angleterre appartenant au district métropolitain (metropolitan borough) de Salford, mais distincte de cette dernière agglomération. La ville est bordée :

au sud par le canal de Manchester (Manchester ship canal) ; au nord et au nord-ouest par les villes de Swinton et Worsley ; à l'est par celle de Salford ; à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par celles de Chat Moss et Irlam. Jusqu'en 1974, Eccles était une municipalité autonome, mais fut absorbée par le district municipal de Salford quand fut créé le Comté métropolitain du Grand Manchester. La ville d'Eccles, se compose des quartiers de Peel Green, Patricroft, Barton (ou Barton-upon-Irwell), Winton, Monton et Ellesmere Park en plus du centre-ville d'Eccles proprement dit. Ces dernières années, Eccles a vu diminuer sa population notamment dans les zones de Brookhouse Estate à Peel Green, Westwood Park à Winton, et à Patricroft. La criminalité y est supérieure à la moyenne du Royaume-Uni. On espère que l'ouverture récente en 2000 d'une nouvelle ligne du tram Metrolink de Manchester contribuera à relancer l'investissement dans la ville. Eccles est célèbre au Royaume-Uni pour être à l'origine d'une pâtisserie très populaire, les Eccles cakes. Ces gâteaux sont maintenant fabriqués à Ardwick, un quartier de Manchester.

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Eccles, Greater Manchester

Eccles () is a market town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Salford city centre and 4 miles (6.4 km) 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. Evidence of pre-historic human settlement has been discovered locally, but the area was predominantly agricultural until the Industrial Revolution, when a textile industry was established in the town. The arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway led to the town's expansion along the route of the track linking those two cities.

Eccles Town Hall

Eccles Town Hall is a municipal building in Church Street, Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall was the headquarters of Eccles Borough Council until the council was abolished in 1974.

Royal Oak, Eccles

The Royal Oak is a Grade II listed former pub in Eccles, Salford, England. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was built in 1904 by Mr. Newton of the architects Hartley, Hacking & Co, for Holt's Brewery. The pub closed its doors in September 2016 and was sold to private owners. A planning permission to convert it into housing was granted in December 2017.

G. P. Codie's Ground

G. P. Codie's Ground was a cricket ground in Eccles, Lancashire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1857, when Manchester Cricket Club played Surrey in the ground's first first-class match on 10-11 June. The Western Club had commenced operations on their new ground, on Saturday, 23rd May. The following year the ground held its second and final first-class match when Manchester Cricket Club played Sussex. During its existence, the ground was the home venue of Westerns Cricket Club. Westerns played the final recorded match held on the ground in 1881 when they played Cheshire. The ground was located at the eastern end of Barton Lane and is today covered by housing.

Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)

Eccles was a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.