Eckford is a small village located between the larger towns of Kelso and Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. The name Eckford is locally accepted to be a variant on Oakford, meaning simply a ford by oak trees. It has also been suggested independently, however, to mean ford by the church. It was known as Eckeforde in 1200 and Hecford in 1220. The prefix Ecc is from the Latin ecclesia meaning church.