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== Chapelry History  ==
== Chapelry History  ==


GREAT ECCLESTON, '''a township chapelry''','''''in the parish of St. Michael upon Wyre''''', union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles southwest of&nbsp;Garstang. The ecclesiastical district of Eccleston includes also Little Eccleston, Larbrick, and Elswick.&nbsp; The church, dedicated to St. Ann, stands on Copp Hill; it was built in 1723. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, and a Roman Catholic chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 139-144. Adapted. Date accessed: 16 March 2012.</ref>  
GREAT ECCLESTON, '''a township chapelry''','''''in the parish of St. Michael upon Wyre''''', union of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles southwest of&nbsp;Garstang. The ecclesiastical district of Eccleston includes also Little Eccleston, Larbrick, and Elswick.&nbsp; The church, dedicated to St. Ann, stands on Copp Hill; it was built in 1723. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, and a Roman Catholic chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50939#s4 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 139-144. Adapted. Date accessed: 16 March 2012.</ref>  


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