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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Eccles (Parish) Eccles (Parish) Continued In 1333, Edward III, after taking Berwick, received the fealty of the Convent of Eccles, & of the other Nunneries in the adjacent county.
The convent of Eccles was visited 13th November 1523 by the Duke of Albany, when retreating from Wark Castle. He stayed till midnight, & then marched to Lauder.
In 1545 the Abbey & town of Eccles, together with the tower of Mersington - were destroyed by the Earl of Hertford, who having been entrusted with the command of the troops in the north of England, made an inroad into Merse & Teviotdale, and ravaged and burned the whole country in his way, without receiving any check from the Scots.

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