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  Eccles shown within Kent |
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| District | Tonbridge and Malling |
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| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Coordinates: Eccles is a village in the English county of Kent, part of the parish of Aylesford and in the valley of the River Medway.
Archaeology
It is the site of a Roman villa estate and pottery kiln excavated between 1962 and 1976. It replaced an Iron Age settlement and was occupied until the end of Roman rule. The name "Eccles" comes from the Latin word "ecclesia" meaning church and suggests that a post-Roman Christian community existed in the village beyond the Roman withdrawal and into the Saxon period.
Amenities
There are two pubs in Eccles, The Walnut Tree and Red Bull. There is a corner shop and a large park with a skate park and children facilities. Eccles has two bus stops and the bus number is 155.
Source
- Detsicas, A, The Cantiaci, Sutton, Gloucester, 1987
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| Addington • Aylesford • Barnes Street • Branbridges • Beltring • Birling • Blue Bell Hill • Borough Green • Burham • Ditton • East Malling • East Peckham • Eccles • Golden Green • Hadlow • Hildenborough • Ightham • Kings Hill • Larkfield • Leybourne • Mereworth • Offham • Platt • Plaxtol • Ryarsh • Shipbourne • Snodland • Somerhill • St Mary's Platt • Stansted • Tonbridge • Trottiscliffe • Walderslade • Wateringbury • West Malling • West Peckham • Wouldham • Wrotham • Wrotham Heath |
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