The story
From Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) + *vechan (“small”), equivalent to Welsh eglwys (“church”) + fechan (“small”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ecclefechan
Today it means: A village in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1974). Full definition →