Eccles cake Eccles cake An Eccles cake is a small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with demerara sugar. Eccles cakes are named after the English town of Eccles, historically part of Lancashire, but now classified as a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester. It is not known who invented the recipe, but James Birch is credited with being the first person to sell Eccles cakes commercially, which he sold from his shop at the corner of Vicarage Road and St Mary's Road, now Church Street, in the town centre in 1793.
Charles Eccles represented the Marylebone Cricket Club in two first-class matches. Charles Eccles Charles Vernon Eccles (20 August 1843 – 21 February 1890) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled Underarm slow, although with which arm he bowled is unknown. Eccles was educated at Cheltenham College, where he represented the college cricket team. Eccles made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Lancashire in 1870. In 1874 Eccles represented the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club in a single first-class match against Kent. Eccles final first-class match came in 1875 for Hampshire against Kent. Eccles's died at Bareilly, Uttar