Great Eccleston#Governance
{{Short description|Village in Lancashire, England}}
{{distinguish|Eccleston, Lancashire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.855|-2.871|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Great Eccleston
| population = 1,486
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
| civil_parish = Great Eccleston
| shire_district = Wyre
| label_position = top
| shire_county = Lancashire
| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = Lancaster and Wyre
| post_town = PRESTON
| postcode_district = PR3
| postcode_area = PR
| dial_code = 01995
| os_grid_reference = SD428402
| static_image_name = File:The White Bull - geograph.org.uk - 6284130.jpg
| static_image_caption = High Street, Great Eccleston (2009)
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Wyre#United Kingdom The Fylde
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Wyre Borough##Shown on the Fylde
}}
Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. The village lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately {{Convert|10|mi}} upstream from Fleetwood. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,473, rising slightly to 1,486 at the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005328|title=Great Eccleston Parish|access-date=27 March 2021}}
Great Eccleston is part of Wyre district. Locally, the village is known for its annual agricultural show.
History
Great Eccleston was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Eglestun. In various 13th-century documents it was recorded as Ecclisto, Ecleston and Great Eccleston. In 1066 when the Normans conquered England, the township of Great Eccleston—then part of the ancient hundred of Amounderness—was in the possession of Tostig Godwinson, the brother of King Harold II. Tostig died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge and his lands were subsequently taken over by the Normans. Between 1069 and 1086 William the Conqueror gave Amounderness to Roger de Poitou, an Anglo-Norman baron. In the Domesday Book, the area of Great Eccleston was estimated at two carucates (ploughlands) of land.
The township was originally part of the ecclesiastical parish of St Michael's on Wyre and Great Eccleston's parishioners would have worshipped there at St Michael's Church. In 1723, a chapel of ease to St Michael's was built in a part of Great Eccleston civil parish called Copp. It was dedicated to St Anne.
Governance
{{See also|Lancashire County Council}}
Great Eccleston is governed locally by a parish council, which is made up of eight elected councillors. Great Eccleston, with the parishes of Inskip with Sowerby, Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre and Out Rawcliffe, forms the ward of Great Eccleston, which elects two councillors. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 3,581.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13693166&c=Great+Eccleston&d=14&e=62&g=6443515&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1433511811067&enc=1|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=5 June 2015}} Great Eccleston was formerly part of the rural district of Garstang. In 1974, the district merged with those of Fleetwood, Thornton-Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde and Preesall to form Wyre Borough Council.
The village is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of Lancaster and Wyre. It elects one MP by the first past the post system of election.
Geography
{{Geographic Location
|title = Neighbouring towns, villages and places
|Northwest = Little Eccleston, Out Rawcliffe
|North = River Wyre
|Northeast = St Michael's on Wyre
|West = Larbreck
|Centre = Great Eccleston
|East = Bilsborrow
|Southwest = Thistleton
|South = Elswick
|Southeast = Crossmoor, Inskip
}}
At {{Coord|53|51|18|N|2|52|15.6|W|type:city}} (53.855°, −2.871°), Great Eccleston lies {{Convert|10|mi|0}} north-east of Blackpool, approximately {{Convert|6|mi|0}} south-east of Poulton-le-Fylde and about {{Convert|12|mi|0}} north-west of Preston. Nearby villages include Little Eccleston, Elswick, St Michael's on Wyre and Singleton.
The Fylde Coastal Plain is relatively flat and low–lying, predominantly below 30 m (100 feet) above sea–level, but there is a small knoll called Whitprick Hill roughly halfway between Weston on the B5260 and Wesham that rises to 45 m (148 feet) above sea–level.
Transport
Great Eccleston is served mainly by Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire service 42 between Lancaster Bus Station and Blackpool Abingdon St., hourly during the daytime during the hours 10.00 to 18.00 and every 90 minutes before 10.00, with an approximate three–hour morning gap Monday–Friday from 06.53 to 09.35, (no early morning service Saturday and Sunday) in the Blackpool–Lancaster direction, and support for a late–evening service providing three journeys at 90–minute intervals between 20.00 and 23.00 in each direction was recently re–introduced by Lancaster County Council, prior to this the service ended as early as 18.33 from Blackpool, necessitating either the use of trains and/or taxis from Poulton or Blackpool if you wanted to leave the resort later.
Hourly services are provided by Preston Bus Service 74 between Preston Bus Station and Fleetwood and by Blackpool Transport Service 78 between Great Eccleston and St. Annes, each of which runs between 07.00 and 19.00 Mondays–Saturdays with a few late evening journeys on Service 74 to Preston.
The nearest railway station is Poulton–le–Fylde on the 25 kV electrified Blackpool–Manchester route, approximately 4 miles (6.2 km) away.
Climate
Great Eccleston has a generally temperate maritime climate like much of the British Isles, with cool summers and mild winters. In nearby Blackpool, there is an annual average rainfall of {{Convert|871.3|mm}}.
{{Weather box
|location = Blackpool (1971–2000 averages)
|single line = yes
|temperature colour= pastel
|metric first= yes
|Jan high C = 6.8
|Feb high C = 7.1
|Mar high C = 9.1
|Apr high C = 11.6
|May high C = 15.2
|Jun high C = 17.3
|Jul high C = 19.4
|Aug high C = 19.4
|Sep high C = 17.0
|Oct high C = 13.7
|Nov high C = 9.8
|Dec high C = 7.6
|year high C = 12.9
|Jan low C = 1.7
|Feb low C = 1.6
|Mar low C = 3.1
|Apr low C = 4.2
|May low C = 6.9
|Jun low C = 10.0
|Jul low C = 12.4
|Aug low C = 12.3
|Sep low C = 10.2
|Oct low C = 7.3
|Nov low C = 4.3
|Dec low C = 2.5
|year low C = 6.4
|Jan rain mm = 81.1
|Feb rain mm = 58.7
|Mar rain mm = 68.3
|Apr rain mm = 48.9
|May rain mm = 49.0
|Jun rain mm = 59.8
|Jul rain mm = 59.5
|Aug rain mm = 73.4
|Sep rain mm = 82.5
|Oct rain mm = 97.9
|Nov rain mm = 94.0
|Dec rain mm = 58.3
|year rain mm = 871.3
|source 1 = [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/sites/blackpool.html Met Office]
|date=October 2010
}}
{{Clear}}
Culture and community
The Great Eccleston Agricultural Show is held in the village over two days every July along with Tractor Pulling,[http://www.nwtpc.co.uk/events.htm North West Tractor Pullers Club events list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719054330/http://www.nwtpc.co.uk/events.htm |date=19 July 2013 }} which also sees an event held in its own right at the same show ground during the August bank holiday. Horse, steam and agricultural shows have been held in Great Eccleston since the mid-19th century. Like many similar rural events, the Great Eccleston Show waned in popularity and ceased to take place in the 1950s; it was reinstated in 1972. Up to 40,000 people were expected to attend the 2011 show. Displays typically feature livestock, horticulture, country crafts, local produce and agricultural vehicles. A farmers' market is held in Great Eccleston every month. A weekly general market takes place each week.
The village is home to three public houses: the Farmers Arms, in Halsalls Square, and the Black Bull Hotel and White Bull, both on High Street.[https://www.google.com/search?q=pubs+in+great+eccleston&oq=pubs+in+great+ecc&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l5.3927j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Pubs in Great Eccleston] - Google
See also
{{portal|Lancashire}}
References
;Footnotes
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
{{Citation | title = Parish Headcounts | work = Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher = Office for National Statistics | url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795857&d=16&e=15&g=464731&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1310905049958&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779| access-date =17 July 2011
}}
"[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53238 Townships — Great Eccleston]" in Farrer & Brownbill, pp. 276–279
"[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53189 Amounderness hundred]" in Farrer & Brownbill, pp. 68–71
>"[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53233 The Parish of St Michael-on-Wyre]" in Farrer & Brownbill, pp. 68–71
|title=Blackpool 1971–2000 Averages
|work=official website
|publisher=Met Office
|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/sites/blackpool.html
|access-date=17 July 2011
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629220538/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/sites/blackpool.html
|archive-date=29 June 2011
|df=dmy-all
}}
{{Citation | title = Great Eccleston Show Goes Ahead As Planned | work = Farmers Guardian | publisher = UBM | date = 13 July 2007 | url = http://www.farmersguardian.com/great-eccleston-show-goes-ahead-as-planned/10574.article | access-date = 17 July 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930190143/http://www.farmersguardian.com/great-eccleston-show-goes-ahead-as-planned/10574.article | archive-date = 30 September 2011 | df = dmy-all }}
{{Citation | title = Thousands Expected at Great Eccleston Show | work = BBC News | publisher = BBC | date = 16 July 2011 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14173129 | access-date =17 July 2011
}}
}}
;Bibliography
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| ref = Farrer
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| author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner
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| last = Porter
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Further reading
{{Refbegin}}
- {{Citation
| last = Woode
| first = Ann
| title = Great Eccleston 1066–1970
| publisher = The Circlet Publishing Company
| year = 1970
| location = Preston }}
{{Refend}}
External links
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{{Borough of Wyre}}
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