ECCLES

A church, from the Greek ??, an assembly, a church, Gaelic eaglais, Cor. Br., Egles and Eglas.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

ECCLES. 1. A parish In Lancashire; another in Norfolk. 2. " Assumed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Eccles in Dumfries-shire, as early as the period when surnames first became hereditary iu Scotlaud. John de Eccles was a personage of rank in the reign of Alexander III." B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.