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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 Garstang. The ecclesiastical district of Eccleston includes also Little Eccleston, Larbrick, and Elswick. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of St. Michael's, with a net income of £130, and a house. The impropriate tithes of the township have been commuted for £192; and the tithes payable to the vicar are £69, under an act of George III. The church, dedicated to St. Ann, stands on Copp Hill; it was built in 1723, and has a square tower, added in 1823. There are a place of worship for Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel. A school, called "Copp school," is endowed with about £35 per annum, and another at Low Heads with £5 per annum. Goldfinches are snared here in great numbers, by persons sent from great towns.  

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.