About our Village
Eccleston is a beautiful village just south of Chester in Cheshire, unspoilt with original sandstone buildings, it is adjacent to the Grosvenor estate owned by the Duke of Westminster and next to the river Dee as it flows north towards Chester from Wales.
According to the 2001 Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,842.
The village has a vibrant community with many events happening throughout the year.
Eccleston also has a Village Hall which is registered as a charity with the Charities Commission, the hall is located on Church Road, Eccleston, Chester CH4 9HT
Eccleston is a village with a rich history; It is believed that the name of the village derives from the Primitive Welsh eglẹ̄s (a church) and the Old English tÅ«n (a settlement, farmstead or estate) The village was mentioned as Eclestone in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was on a Roman road to Chester, the settlement consisted of seven households (four villagers, one smallholder and two others) on land under the ownership of Gilbert de Venables (‘Gilbert the hunter’)
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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson’s Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eccleston as a pretty place that borrows beauty from the Marquis of Westminster’s neighbouring seat of Eaton Hall, the manor belonged to the Marquis of Westminster.
Eccleston Hill commands a fine prospect and the parish is traversed by Watling Street.
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